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 ⓘ