naturalisation

Noun
  1. The quality of being brought into conformity with nature (synset 104794552)
  2. The proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship (synset 101190110)
  3. The introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous (synset 100922770)
  4. Changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology (synset 100085462)
    "the naturalization in English of many Italian words"

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