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naturalisation

Meaning

noun

  1. the quality of being brought into conformity with nature
  2. the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship
  3. the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous
  4. changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology
    “the naturalization in English of many Italian words”

Synonyms for naturalisation

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