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Colonized

/kˈɑləˌnaɪzd/
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(verb) simple past and past participle of colonize

Europeans never colonized Ethiopia, but not for lack of trying.
Can Mars be colonized?
CEFR Practice Quiz
Those islands were ____ by European explorers centuries ago.

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