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neighbourhood

Pronunciation:  'neybu`hûd

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"
  2. [n]  people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"
 
 Synonyms: locality, neighborhood, neighborhood, vicinity
 
 See Also: community, Latin Quarter, Left Bank, Montmartre, place, proximity, Right Bank, scenery, section, street

 

 

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 Related Terms: about, almost, approximately, area, around, close to, confines, district, environs, locale, locality, more or less, nearly, practically, precincts, purlieus, quarter, region, surroundings, vicinage, vicinity
 

 

 

 

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