colonise
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The meaning (definition) of the word colonise
to spread into a new place and make it home
The word colonise used in a sentence
“The bugs started to colonise the new part of the garden.”
Words that mean the same as colonise (synonyms)
settleinhabit
Words that mean the opposite of colonise (antonyms)
abandon
How the word colonise is said around the world
| French | coloniser |
| Spanish | colonizar |
| Mandarin | 殖民 |
| Hindi | उपनिवेश |
| Arabic | استعمار |
| Russian | колонизировать |
| Portuguese (EU) | colonizar |
| Portuguese (BR) | colonizar |
| Japanese | 植民地化する |
| German | besiedeln |
| Urdu | نوآبادیات |
| Punjabi | ਬਸਤੀ ਬਣਾਉਣਾ |
| Korean | 식민지화하다 |
| Hebrew | לְיַשֵׁב |
| Greek | επιοικίζω |
| Dutch | koloniseren |
| Filipino | kolonisahin |
| Vietnamese | thuộc địa hóa |
| Turkish | sömürgeleştirmek |
| Persian | استعمار کردن |
| Polish | skolonizować |
| Ukrainian | колонізувати |
| Bengali | উপনিবেশ স্থাপন করা |
| Swedish | kolonisera |
| Italian | colonizzare |
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