inhabitance

noun

in·​hab·​i·​tance

-bətən(t)s,

-bətən- also -bətᵊn-

plural -s

: residence

grateful for his almost solitary inhabitance of the city

—William Saroyan

Word History

Etymology

inhabit + -ance

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