Properly, the same as Chavvah (life-giving, i.e. Living-place); by implication, an encampment or village -- (small) town.
see HEBREW Chavvah
H2333. chavvah
II. [חַוָּה] noun feminine tent-village — Plural חַֹוּתֵיהֶם Numbers 32:41 (JE), compare Di. Elsewhere in compound appellative, almost = proper name יָאִיר חַֹוּת Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 13:30 (D), Judges 10:4; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:23. — I.חַוָּה proper name, feminine see above