human settlement

human settlement noun: a place where people establish a community and live, often characterized by the presence of housing, infrastructure, and social organization.

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Noun

human settlement (plural human settlements)

A place where people establish a community and live, often characterized by the presence of housing, infrastructure, and social organization.

human settlement meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Assamese

human settlement in Tamil

மக்கள் குடியிருப்பு

human settlement in Urdu

human settlement: آباد مقام ābād maqām

human settlement in Assamese

human settlement: বাহা baha

Forms of human settlement

plural	human settlements

Origin of human settlement

From human + settlement.

Questions about human settlement

What does human settlement mean?: Human settlement means a place where people establish a community and live, often characterized by the presence of housing, infrastructure, and social organization.
What is human settlement in Tamil?: Human settlement in Tamil is மக்கள் குடியிருப்பு. See Human settlement meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is human settlement?: Human settlement is a noun.
What is the plural of human settlement?: The plural of human settlement is human settlements.

Words near human settlement in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: human settlement (page history and authors); human settlement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); آباد مقام (Urdu) (page history and authors); বাহা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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