"semicolonial" meaning in English

See semicolonial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From semi- + colonial. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|semi|colonial}} semi- + colonial Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} semicolonial (not comparable)
  1. Partly colonial; having certain aspects of being colonial. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Translations): siirtomaan kaltainen (Finnish), puoliksi siirtomaa (Finnish), puolisiirtomaa [noun] (Finnish), halbkolonial (German), semikolonial (German), semi-kolonialny (Polish)
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