13
settlement(noun, location, village, community)
9
habitation(noun, location, village, community, occupancy)
7
establishment
6
peopling(movement, wanderings, sediment, solids, summing)
5
colonisation
5
occupation(noun, village, community, occupancy)
3
colony(noun, location, village, community)
3
foundation(village, community)
3
plantation(location, village, community)
3
pueblo
3
settling
3
subjugation
2
arrogation
2
closure
2
conquest
2
crossing(noun, movement, shift, transfer, settlement)
2
emigration(noun, movement, wanderings, migration, sediment)
2
population
2
residence(noun, village, community, occupancy)
2
transplanting(movement, wanderings)
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