uncolonized
6.3
Not controlled or settled by people from another country
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈkɒlənaɪzd/
- US
:
no colonizado
- Many explorers sought uncolonized territories in hopes of finding new lands and resources.
Examples
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The uncolonized regions of the planet are often rich in biodiversity and natural resources.
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Wandering in the snow, in the empty stretches of an uncolonized America, they come across a mound, covered with boards, that is longer and larger than the others they've seen.
Fiction book (1992) -
In history class, we learned about the uncolonized areas where indigenous cultures thrived without outside influence.
Synonyms
unoccupied
vsuncolonized
5
3.6
Not controlled by any army during a war or conflict
specifies absence of control specifically by foreign powers or colonizers
untaken
vsuncolonized
4.8
Not claimed or used by anyone
focuses on lack of settlement or control by foreign powers or colonizers
Antonyms
How Colonized
Surface Forms
uncolonized positive
Morphology
Etymology
Uncolonized breaks into un- meaning 'not' and colony meaning a 'group that settles in a new place', the same idea you see in colonize or colony, so an uncolonized region was not settled or controlled by outside people.