Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Colonization \Col`o*ni*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. colonisation.]
   The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the
   formation of a colony or colonies.

         The wide continent of America invited colonization.
                                                  --Bancroft.

Source : WordNet®

colonization
     n : the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the
         British colonization of America" [syn: {colonisation}, {settlement}]