habitation
noun
[ habɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the fact of living in a particular place.
• "signs of human habitation"
Similar:
occupancy,
occupation,
residence,
residency,
living in,
housing,
billeting,
quartering,
tenure,
dwelling,
inhabitancy,
habitancy,
inhabitance,
domiciliation,
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin habitatio(n- ), from habitare ‘inhabit’.