ಅರ್ಥ : Settle as a colony. Of countries in the developing world.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : colonise
Grant independence to (a former colony).
West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's.ಅರ್ಥ : Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in).
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The British colonized the East Coast.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : colonise