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ọ̀chịchịmwàchi

noun

LanguageIgbo (Nigeria)

Meaning
  1. the act, by foreigners, of settling among and establishing control over an indigenous people through governance
  2. colonization
  3. This refers to the practice where people from another land settle in a region and take control of the local people's government.
Examples

Ọ̀chịchịmwàchi wetara mgbanwe dị ukwuu n'ala anyị.

Colonization brought major changes to our land.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis is a formal term used to describe historical foreign influence and governance.

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Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.