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neighbourhood

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As a noun, neighbourhood means a surrounding or nearby region.

Meanings of neighbourhood

2 meanings

noun

  1. A surrounding or nearby regionlocation

    “the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville”

    “it is a rugged locality”

    “he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood”

    Similar: vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neck of the woods
  2. People living near one another

    “it is a friendly neighborhood”

    “my neighborhood voted for Bush”

    Similar: neighborhood

Alternative form of neighborhood

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a surrounding or nearby region
noun: people living near one another

Words that rhyme with neighbourhood

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