A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g. la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
feminine noun 1. (society)
a. civilization Una catástrofe de tal magnitud acabaría con la civilización tal y como la conocemos. A catastrophe on that scale would end civilization as we know it.
b. civilisation (United Kingdom) Se dice que la civilización atlante se encontraba más allá de las Columnas de Hércules. The Atlantean civilisation is said to have been located beyond the Pillars of Hercules.
2. (act of civilizing)
a. civilization Estas medidas fomentarán la civilización de las zonas rurales. These measures will promote the civilization of rural areas.
b. civilisation (United Kingdom) El papel de los misioneros era la civilización de los indígenas. Civilisation of the natives was the missionaries' role.
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civilización
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
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civilización
civilization
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