Colonisation
Colonisation noun - The act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.
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Synonyms for Colonisation
Settlement is a synonym for colonisation. In some cases you can use "Settlement" instead a noun "Colonisation".
Settlement
Settlement noun - The act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.
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- establishment and colonisation
- establishment and settlement
- community and colonisation
- community and settlement
- village and colonisation
- village and settlement
- hamlet and colonisation
- hamlet and settlement
- colony and colonisation
- colony and settlement
- residence and colonisation
- residence and settlement
- plantation and colonisation
- plantation and settlement
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- The "planet with one small settlement" subtrope can be justified in stories about human colonisation of planets with no native sentients, because it's plausible that colonies wouldn't leap from a couple of spaceships full of initial settlers to occupying the entire planet in a few short years.
Source: Planetville
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