1. Inhabited by colonists
   - colonized, settled

1. Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world
   "Europeans colonised Africa in the 17th century"
   - colonize 
2. Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
   "The British colonised the East Coast"
   - colonize

See also: colonisation [Brit], coloniser [Brit], colony, inhabited

Type of: annex, locate, settle

Antonym: decolonise [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Colonise

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