naturalizeverb [ T ]
UK usually naturalise uk/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl.aɪz/us/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.rə.laɪz/to make someone a legal citizen of a country that they were not born in:
a naturalized US citizen
She has lived in Australia for a long time, and recently she was naturalized.
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naturalization
noun [ U ] UK usually naturalisation uk/ˌnætʃ.ər.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌnætʃ.ɚ.rə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/