. "A group of Colonists from a Homeland migrate to and proceed to settle in a New_area. The New_area then becomes their permanent home. The New_area and Homeland are in some way construed as being part of the same organization or system. In the case of (people from) nation-states colonizing other areas, the colony and nation-state are considered a single political entity. In the extended sense of living things in general colonizing or settling a new area, the original Homeland must still inhabited by some of the same group. In this sense Colonization is distinct from migration or exodus.\nIn the 7th century BC, Phoenicians colonized the eastern section of Libya.\nIn the 7th century BC, Phoenicians colonized the eastern section of Libya.\nFinns colonized the land from the south some 2,000 to 4,000 years ago\nIf a colony from Britain was established in that large tract of Country, and if we were at war with Holland or Spain, we might very powerfully annoy either state from our new settlement.\nThis frame also includes metaphorical uses involving animals or plants, or abstract domains such as ideas.\nDeciduous trees such as red alder subsequently colonized the logged area.\nConservatives don't get what the left gets, which is that the left has already colonized and converted whole university departments.\nAs the years progressed and adaptations occurred new species and subspecies began to populate the islands."^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .