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verb
Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world.
synonym: colonize.
is a specific kind of: annex.
is the opposite of: decolonise, decolonize.
derivation: colonisation, colonization, settlement | colony, settlement | coloniser, colonizer.
Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in).
is a specific kind of: locate, settle.
derivation: colonisation, colonization, settlement | colony, settlement.
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