How to say "settlement (colony)" in Arabic

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Meaningsettlement (colony)

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

مُسْتَوْطَنَة

mustawṭanaמסתוטנה

مستوطنة

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

התנחלות

hitnakhalutهِتْنَاخَالُوت

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

و-ط-ن

Same root و-ط-ن as مواطن 'citizen' above — a mustawṭana is a place made into a waṭan, a homeland.

مُسْتَوْطَنَة جَدِيدَة

mustawṭana jadīdaמסתוטנה ג'דידה

a new settlement

مُسْتَوْطَنَات

mustawṭanātמסתוטנאת

Sound feminine plural -āt.