colonized

P14189
predicate

Indicates that one entity established control over and settled in the territory of another entity, often imposing its own systems, structures, or population there.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
colonized canonical 47
colonizedTerritory 6
continentColonized 5

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: colonized
Generated description
Indicates that one entity established control over and settled in the territory of another entity, often imposing its own systems, structures, or population there.

Sample triples (63)

Subject Object
Second Italo-Ethiopian War Ethiopia
Viceroyalty of New Spain Philippines via predicate surface "colonizerOf"
Viceroyalty of New Spain Alta California via predicate surface "colonizerOf"
Viceroyalty of New Spain New Mexico via predicate surface "colonizerOf"
Teos Abdera in Thrace
Teos Phanagoria on the Cimmerian Bosporus
Virginia Company of London Virginia
Gela Akragas
French Empire Africa via predicate surface "continentColonized"
French Empire Asia via predicate surface "continentColonized"
French Empire North America via predicate surface "continentColonized"
French Empire South America via predicate surface "continentColonized"
French Empire Oceania via predicate surface "continentColonized"
Corinth Corcyra
Corinth Syracuse
Corinth Ambracia
Corinth Leucas
Corinth Apollonia
linked to: Apollonia (Illyria)
Russian colonization of the Americas indigenous peoples of Alaska
linked to: Alaska Natives
Russian colonization of the Americas Aleut people
linked to: Aleut
Russian colonization of the Americas Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Russian colonization of the Americas Tlingit people
Russian colonization of the Americas various Native Californian peoples
Chalcis Cumae in Italy
linked to: Cumae
Chalcis Rhegium
Chalcis Naxos in Sicily
linked to: Naxos (Sicily)
Chalcis Zancle (Messina)
linked to: Zancle
Eretria Pithekoussai
Eretria Cumae in Italy
Eretria Methone in Pieria
Eretria cities in the northern Aegean
Seediq Empire of Japan via predicate surface "colonialOppressor"
linked to: Japan
Trinidad 1498 by Spain via predicate surface "colonizedIn"
Ionians coasts of the Black Sea
Ionians western Mediterranean regions
Kingdom of Portugal Brazil via predicate surface "colonizedTerritory"
Kingdom of Portugal Angola via predicate surface "colonizedTerritory"
Kingdom of Portugal Mozambique via predicate surface "colonizedTerritory"
Kingdom of Portugal Goa via predicate surface "colonizedTerritory"
Kingdom of Portugal Macau via predicate surface "colonizedTerritory"
Kingdom of Portugal East Timor via predicate surface "colonizedTerritory"
linked to: Timor-Leste
Chalcidians Cumae
Chalcidians Naxos (Sicily)
Chalcidians Rhegion
Chalcidians Zankle
Chalcidians Himera
Samians Perinthus
Samians Cydonia in Crete
linked to: Kydonia
Samians Naucratis in Egypt (participation)
linked to: Naukratis
American colonial period in the Philippines Philippines