Settlementation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Settlement, especially in an area that has no official incorporation or legal claim made on it. countable, uncountable

    "John White led one of the first settlementations."

  2. 2
    The act of settling, or becoming firm or fixed in position. countable, nonstandard, uncountable

    "On the other hand, it is necessary to have a highly structured vegetation on shore and good attainable feeding grounds near the waters. These are the suppositions of settlementation of waters by geese."

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"John White led one of the first settlementations."

Etymology

From settlement + -ation.

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