colonization

establishment and development of settlements by people or animals
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colonization

Summary

colonization is an activity[1]. colonization ranks in the top 10% of activity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,908 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • colonization's instance of is recorded as activity[3].
  • colonization is a type of colonisation[4].
  • colonization is a type of founding[5].
  • colonization's Commons category is recorded as Colonization[6].
  • colonization is the opposite of decolonization[7].
  • colonization's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Colonization[8].
  • colonization's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • colonization's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • colonization's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • colonization's topic has template is recorded as Template:Colonization[12].
  • colonization's has effect is recorded as colony[13].
  • colonization's studied by is recorded as colonial studies[14].

Body

Definition and Type

colonization's instance of is recorded as activity[3]. Recorded subclass of include colonisation[4] and founding[5]. colonization is the opposite of decolonization[7].

Influence

Things named for colonization include cocacolonization[15], a blend word[16].

Why It Matters

colonization ranks in the top 10% of activity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,908 views/month).[2] colonization has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] colonization is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for colonization include cocacolonization[15], a blend word[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by colonial studies
    Instance of
    Subclass of colonisation, founding
    Instance of activity
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|26 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3837, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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