Complete Definition of "neighborhood"

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English

Alternative spellings
neighbourhood

Etymology
suffix|neighbor|hood

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-neighborhood.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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  1. The nearby area, particularly when referring to home.

#: We have just moved to a pleasant neighborhood

  1. and by extension, it's inhabitants.

#: The fire alarmed the neighborhood.

  1. uncountable The quality of proximity.

#* "Then the prison and the palace were in awful neighbourhood." — w:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton|Lord Lytton.

  1. obsolete The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.

Synonyms
vicinity
proximity

Related terms
microneighborhood

Translations
trans-top|the quality of being a neighbor
Finnish: naapuruus
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trans-top|the nearby area
Arabic: Arab|ج�ار|ا�ج�ار IPAchar|(al-jiw�r) m
Chinese: �� (ji�f�ng)
Dutch: buurt f
Finnish: naapurusto, kulmakunta
French: voisinage m
German: Nachbarschaft f
Hungarian: szomszédok, szomszédság
Icelandic: nágrenni f
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Italian: vicinato m
Japanese: �� (����, kinjo)
Korean: 근� (geuncheo)
Portuguese: vizinhança f
Russian: �о�ед��во (sosédstvo) n
Serbian: ���ед��во (susedstvo) n
Spanish: vecindad f
Swedish: grannskap c
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trans-top|people who live in vicinity of each other
Finnish: naapurusto
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Dutch: buurt, wijk

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