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colonisation
CEFRC1
/kɔlənɪˈzɛjʃən/
noun
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noun
The act of establishing control over a place as a colony.
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Is a colonisation of Mars possible?
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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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
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