colonization

colonizzazione

Processo con cui un paese fonda insediamenti altrove e assume il controllo di quei territori.

In inglese semplice: The process by which a country establishes settlements and takes control of land elsewhere.

• Colonization changed life on the island.
• The museum explains the history of European colonization.
• Many local people resisted the colonization of their land.

Come si usa: colonization of somewhere (The book discusses the colonization of the island.)

Sinonimi: colonisation

Espressioni comuni: European colonization, colonization of something, overseas colonization

colonizzazione

Processo di creazione di un insediamento o di una nuova popolazione di esseri viventi in un luogo.

In inglese semplice: The process of setting up a settlement or a new population in a place.

• They discussed the colonization of Mars.
• Bacterial colonization begins on the surface of the tooth.
• The study tracked bird colonization of the new islands.

Come si usa: colonization of something (We studied the colonization of bare rocks by plants.)

Sinonimi: colonisation

Espressioni comuni: colonization of somewhere, bacterial colonization, colonization of habitats