european settlement

collocation in English

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european
adjective
uk
/ˌjʊə.rəˈpiː.ən/us
/ˌjʊr.əˈpiː.ən/
belonging to or relating to Europe or ...
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settlement
noun
uk
/ˈset.əl.mənt/us
/ˈset̬.əl.mənt/
an official agreement that finishes ...
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(Definition ofeuropeanandsettlementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Europeansettlementcommenced in the 1820s following the extension of the limits of location in 1829.
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Europeansettlementwas very limited because of the lack of water for 8 months of the year.
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Europeansettlementin the area can be traced back to the 1840s.
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Europeansettlementoccurred in the 1830s when a horse trail was established running beside the waterway.
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Europeansettlementbegan on the site in the 1790s when they found good quality soil.
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Europeansettlementbegan in the area in the early 19th century.
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Europeansettlementtook place in the late 1840s.
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Europeansettlementof the area began in the very early 19th century.
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Europeansettlementcame to the area in the early 19th century.
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Europeansettlementof the area dates from 1862.
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Europeansettlementfollowed the discovery of coal and gold.
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Europeansettlementcommenced in 1793 with the issue of land grants.
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Europeansettlementbegan on the peninsula in the mid-19th century, despite its poor potential for agricultural development.
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Europeansettlementbegan with squatters raising sheep and cattle.
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Europeansettlementhad already begun by that time.
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Europeansettlementprovided many new nest sites on buildings, but the population declined in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as the supply of unpainted barns declined.
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Europeansettlementcommenced in the early 1840s.
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Europeansettlementdates from the 1840s.
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Europeansettlementbegan in the early 1840s.
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Europeansettlementbegan in the 1790s.
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