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recolonize

/ˌriːˈkɒlənaɪz/

/ˌriːˈkɑːlənaɪz/

recolonizeverb

recolonized

Past Simple

recolonized

Past Participle

recolonizing

Gerund

/ˌriːˈkɒlənaɪz/

/ˌriːˈkɑːlənaɪz/

Translations

The government plans to recolonize the abandoned island.

Правительство планирует реколонизировать заброшенный остров.

Definitions

To establish a colony in a place that was previously colonized and then abandoned.

After the initial settlers left, the government decided to recolonize the island with new inhabitants.

To reintroduce a species to an area where it once lived but was extirpated.

Conservationists are working to recolonize the forest with native bird species that had disappeared.

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