settlements

Noun

• a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
• a community of people smaller than a town
• a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
• the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
• something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
• an area where a group of families live together
• termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
• plural of settlement

Synonyms

closure, colonisation, colonization, colony, liquidation, resolution, settlement, small town, village