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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 naturalization
 歸化,移入,移植

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Nat·u·ral·i·za·tion n.  The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being naturalized.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 naturalization
      n 1: the quality of being brought into conformity with nature
           [syn: naturalisation]
      2: the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship
         [syn: naturalisation]
      3: the introduction of animals or plants to places where they
         flourish but are not indigenous [syn: naturalisation]
      4: changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with
         the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English
         of many Italian words" [syn: naturalisation]