inhabitancy
1. [ noun ] (housing) the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
Synonyms: habitation inhabitation
Examples:

"he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony"

Related terms: occupancy camping cohabitation inhabit
Similar spelling:   inhabitant
  inhabitation
  inhabitable
  inhabited
  inevitably
  invitatory
  invitation
  inpatient