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hab·i·ta·tion

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–noun

1.	a place of residence; dwelling; abode.

2.	the act of inhabiting; occupancy by inhabitants.

3.	a colony or settlement; community: Each of the scattered habitations consisted of a small number of huts.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME (h)abitacioun (< AF) < L habitātiōn- (s. of habitātiō) a dwelling, equiv. to habitāt(us) inhabited (ptp. of habitāre; see habitat) + -iōn- -ion

]

—Related forms

hab·i·ta·tion·al, adjective

—Synonyms 1. lodgings, home, domicile, quarters.

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hab·i·ta·tion Audio Help (hāb'ĭ-tā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act of inhabiting or the state of being inhabited.
1. A natural environment or locality.
2. A place of abode; a residence.

[Middle English habitacioun, from Latin habitātiō, habitātiōn-, from habitātus, past participle of habitāre, to dwell; see habitable.]

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habitation

c.1374, from O.Fr. habitation "act of dwelling," from L. habitationem (nom. habitatio) "act of dwelling," from habitare (see habitat). Habitable (1388) is from O.Fr. habitable, from L. habitabilis "that is fit to live in," from habitare.

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habitation
noun
1.	the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
2.	housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: dwelling]
3.	the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony" [syn: inhabitancy]

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ˌhabiˈtation noun

the act of living in (a building etc)
Example: These houses are not fit for human habitation.

Arabic:	سَكَن، سُكْنى
Chinese (Simplified):	居住
Chinese (Traditional):	居住
Czech:	obydlí; bydlení
Danish:	beboelse
Dutch:	bewoning
Estonian:	elamine
Finnish:	asuminen
French:	habitation
German:	das Wohnen
Greek:	κατοίκηση
Hungarian:	lakás
Icelandic:	bústaður
Indonesian:	tempat tinggal
Italian:	abitazione

Japanese:	居住
Korean:	거주
Latvian:	dzīvošanai nederīgs
Lithuanian:	gyvenimas
Norwegian:	beboelse, bolig, (det) å bo i
Polish:	zamieszkiwanie
Portuguese (Brazil):	habitação
Portuguese (Portugal):	habitação
Romanian:	locuire
Russian:	проживание
Slovak:	bývanie; obydlie
Slovenian:	bivanje
Spanish:	habitación
Swedish:	boende, beboende
Turkish:	oturma