civilisation

Etymology

Borrowed from French civilisation.

noun

  1. UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of civilization
    From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon. 1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48

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