English > neighborhood: 4 senses > noun 1, location| Meaning | A surrounding or nearby region. |
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| Example | "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood" |
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| Synonyms | vicinity, locality, neighbourhood, neck of the woods |
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| Instances | Charlestown | A former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston |
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| Left Bank, Latin Quarter | The region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine |
| Montmartre | The highest point in Paris |
| Right Bank | The region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine |
| Narrower | 'hood | (slang) a neighborhood |
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| gold coast | A rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living |
| place | A general vicinity |
| proximity | The region close around a person or thing |
| scenery | The appearance of a place |
| Broader | section | A distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people |
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| Spanish | barrio, cercanía, fraccionamiento, inmediaciones, lugar, vecindad, vecindario |
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| Catalan | localitat, proximitat, rodalies |
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| Nouns | neighbor | a nearby object of the same kind |
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| neighbor | a person who lives (or is located) near another |
