Settlement (6)
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I believe the answer is:
colony
'settlement' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for colony that I've seen before include "Settler's territory" , "Group of organisms of the same type living together" , "Dependency" , "Community" , "Country controlled by another's settlers" .)