originalhabitations

noun
UK /əˈrɪdʒɪnəl ˌhæbɪˈteɪʃənz/
US /əˈrɪdʒənəl ˌhæbɪˈteɪʃənz/

The first homes where people or animals lived.

Scientists studied the originalhabitations of the ancient tribe.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The natural places where plants or animals first lived.

The originalhabitations of these birds were the coastal forests.

3. The earliest known settlements of a group of people.

Historians mapped the originalhabitations of the islanders.

4. The starting places or beginnings of something.

The originalhabitations of the idea can be traced to a small village.