habitation /ˌhabɪˈteɪʃn 
/ ▸ noun [mass noun] the fact of living in a particular place: signs of human habitation.
▪ [count noun] formal a house or home: he built his habitation close to the river.
– ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin habitatio(n-), from habitare ‘inhabit’.
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