neighborhood :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"

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"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"

block

n. a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock"

population

n. a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area; "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population"

area

n. a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"

community

n. a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"

quarter

n. a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"

sector

n. a portion of a military position

whereabouts

n. the general location where something is; "I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime"

position, place

n. the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place"

location

n. a point or extent in space

situation, setting, site

n. physical position in relation to the surroundings

spot, place, topographic point

n. a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"

setting

n. the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story"

habitat

n. the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

territory, district, populated area

n. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

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