Bahasa Melayu

penjajahan

Bahasa Melayu

English

colonisation

The act of taking control of a place and settling there as a colony.

ڤنجاجاهن

Examples

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  1. Penjajahan di rantau itu mengubah kehidupan masyarakat setempat.

    Colonisation in that region changed the lives of the local community.

  2. Muzium itu mempamerkan bahan tentang penjajahan negara itu.

    The museum displays materials about the country's colonisation.

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penjajahan

It is the process of controlling and settling an area as a colony.

Word family

Common derived forms

penjajah
colonist; imperialist
jajahan
colonised area; territory
menjajah
to colonise; to dominate

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.