Another word for neighborhood

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neighborhood

n.

environs, block, vicinity, vicinage, locality, proximity, purlieus, district, adjacency, quarter, parish, closeness, nearness, precinct, ward, propinquity, community, contiguity, region, area, zone, section, suburb, part, tract; see also area 2.

in the neighborhood of*

about, approximately, close to; see near 1.

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Another word for neighborhood

noun

A rather small part of a geographic unit considered in regard to its inhabitants or distinctive characteristics:
area, district, quarter (often uppercase). See territory
A part of the earth's surface:
area, belt, district, locality, quarter, region, tract, zone. (Informal) neck of the woods. See territory
A surrounding area:
environment, environs, locale, locality, precinct (used in plural), surroundings, vicinity. See near, place
A surrounding site:
area, locality, vicinity. See near, place
(Informal)
Approximate size or amount:
range, vicinity. See near