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inhabitancy

inhabitancy noun: the condition of inhabiting or of being inhabited; occupancy.

Noun

inhabitancy (countable and uncountable, plural inhabitancies)

  1. The condition of inhabiting or of being inhabited; occupancy

Forms of inhabitancy

pluralinhabitancies

Origin of inhabitancy

From inhabitant + -cy or inhabit + -ancy.

Questions about inhabitancy

What does inhabitancy mean?
Inhabitancy means the condition of inhabiting or of being inhabited; occupancy.
What part of speech is inhabitancy?
Inhabitancy is a noun.
What is the plural of inhabitancy?
The plural of inhabitancy is inhabitancies.

Words near inhabitancy in the dictionary

  1. inhabitability
  2. inhabitable
  3. inhabitance
  4. inhabitances
  5. inhabitancies
  6. inhabitancy
  7. inhabitant
  8. inhabitantless
  9. inhabitants
  10. inhabitate
  11. inhabitated

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