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neighbourhood
has definitions from the fields of sociology,geography
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[ noun ] (geography) a surrounding or nearby region
Synonyms Examples "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville" "it is a rugged locality" "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)The influence of Mass was less pervasive than that of the congested , slum tenements among the bawdy_houses , honkytonks , and sawdust_saloons of his birthplace ; he ran wild with the child gangs of the neighbourhood , and went_through the normal pressure-cooker course of thieving , police dodging , and housebreaking . Related terms section place scenery gold_coast Left_Bank montmartre Right_Bank 'hood proximity |
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[ noun ] (sociology) people living near one another
Synonyms Examples "it is a friendly neighborhood" "my neighborhood voted for Bush" |
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