decolonize

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von decolonize im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: (fiil) koloniye bağımsızlık vermek; bağımsızlığını ver; {f} koloniye bağımsızlık vermek
decolonization: bağımsızlığını verme
decolonization: (isim) sömürge kolonilerden çekilme
decolonization: {i} sömürge kolonilerden çekilme

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von decolonize im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: to release from the status of colony; to allow a colony to become independent; to make a former colony politically independent; {f} make a colony independent, grant independence to a colony (also decolonise); grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's
decolonise: {f} make a colony independent, grant independence to a colony (also decolonize)
decolonization: This term refers to the transfer of power from the colonizer to the colonized The erstwhile colonial powers gave up their colonies in Asia, Africa and South America and other parts of the world The former colonized nations took up the responsibility of administration
decolonization: process of transferring a colony to a self-governing area
decolonization: the freeing of a colony etc from dependent status by granting it independence
decolonization: the action of changing from colonial to independent status
decolonization: {i} act of making a colony independent (also decolonisation)
decolonization: To free from colonial status
decolonization: de·colo·niza·tion in BRIT, also use decolonisation Decolonization means giving political independence to a country that was previously a colony. colonization. Process by which colonies become independent of the colonizing country. Decolonization was gradual and peaceful for some British colonies largely settled by expatriates but violent for others, where native rebellions were energized by nationalism. After World War II, European countries generally lacked the wealth and political support necessary to suppress faraway revolts; they also faced opposition from the new superpowers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union, both of which had taken positions against colonialism. Korea was freed in 1945 by Japan's defeat in the war. The U.S. relinquished the Philippines in 1946. Britain left India in 1947, Palestine in 1948, and Egypt in 1956; it withdrew from Africa in the 1950s and '60s, from various island protectorates in the 1970s and '80s, and from Hong Kong in 1997. The French left Vietnam in 1954 and gave up its North African colonies by 1962. Portugal gave up its African colonies in the 1970s; Macau was returned to the Chinese in 1999