decolonize, decolonise
(verb) grant independence to (a former colony); “West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960’s”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
decolonise (third-person singular simple present decolonises, present participle decolonising, simple past and past participle decolonised)
Alternative spelling of decolonize
Source: Wiktionary
29 May 2024
(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
