dwelling

n. house, residence, abode, apartment, place where people live

v. reside, live in, inhabit; consider for a long time, dwell upon

Dwelling - as well as being a term for a house, or for living somewhere, or for lingering somewhere - is a philosophical concept which was developed by Martin Heidegger. This approach to being-in-the-world, has, and is being, used in various branches of the social sciences to think about landscape, place and nature society relations.
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Noun
1. housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
(synonym) home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house
(hypernym) housing, lodging, living accommodations
(hyponym) cliff dwelling
(part-meronym) bathroom, bath
(derivation) dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate

Verb
1. think moodily or anxiously about something
(synonym) brood
(hypernym) worry, care
(see-also) dwell on, linger over
2. originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
(synonym) consist, lie, belong, lie in
(hypernym) exist, be
(hyponym) inhere
3. make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"
(synonym) shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) neighbor, neighbour
(derivation) inhabitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
4. come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
(synonym) harp
(hypernym) repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dwell
  

(n.)
Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
  

[Judaic] One of the seven heavens. It is the level that holds all the lower ranks of angels and the heavenly choir. Here Israel's praises are sung before God every day (Chag. 12b-13a).