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

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

Related terms: occupancy camping cohabitation inhabit
Similar spelling:   invitation
  invitational
  inhibition
  inhabitant
  inhabitancy
  infatuation
  inhibiting
  inhabitable
  inhabited
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