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noun
The condition of inhabiting or of being inhabited; occupancy
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: inhabitation, habitation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: occupancy, tenancy
Narrower terms: cohabitation, camping, encampment, bivouacking, tenting
History
From inhabitant + -cy or inhabit + -ancy.
