SETTLEMENT

[noun]A large Roman settlement (= a place where people lived during that period in history) has been discovered just outside the town. [C]There has been continuous settlement (= There have been people living) in this area since the 16th century. [U]Many Native Americans were killed during the settlement of the American West by Europeans (= the process of people from Europe going to establish new places to live there) in the nineteenth century. [U]