植しょく民みん地ち
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Meanings
Noun
1. colony
2. (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
しょくみんち
Composed of
植しょく民みん
colonization; colonisation
Noun
地ち
earth; ground; land; soil; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
Noun
Used in vocabulary
Examples17
Years later, Europeans established colonies in the coastal areas.
He dates the custom from the colonial days.
A part of the country was at one time a French settlement.
They established settlements in Africa.
France used to have many colonies in Africa.
England established many colonies.