noun (n)

• 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(noun.group)

  Synonym:
  colony
  

  source: wordnet30
• a community of people smaller than a town(noun.group)

  Synonym:
  small town, village
  

  source: wordnet30
• a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  colonisation, colonization
  

  source: wordnet30
• something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  They finally reached a settlement with the union.
  

  Synonym:
  closure, resolution
  

  source: wordnet30
• an area where a group of families live together(noun.location)

  source: wordnet30
• termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  liquidation
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of setting, or the state of being settled.(noun)

  source: webster1913