colonisation

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colonisation

/kɔlənɪˈzɛjʃən/ British, Southern, Standard

noun colonisations

alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative spelling of colonization Colonisation began towards the end of 1826, when a British settlement was founded at Albany, on the southern coast, and in the next year the whole territory (then known as New Holland) became a possession of the British Crown.

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@misc{colonisation_2026,
  title = {colonisation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/colonisation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}