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Another word for neighborhood

Noun

  1. A rather small part of a geographic unit considered in regard to its inhabitants or distinctive characteristics

    2. See also:

    territory

  2. A part of the earth's surface

    3. See also:

    territory

  3. A surrounding area

    4. See also:

    place

    near

  4. A surrounding site

    5. See also:

    place

    near

  5. Approximate size or amount

    6. See also:

    near

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Idioms:

    in the neighborhood of

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Sentence Examples

  • Foxes are common in the neighborhood of Rome.

  • There was a man in my neighborhood who lived in a hollow tree.

  • We were just like everybody else around the neighborhood, and we sure never starved.

  • The neighborhood had slowly changed over the years.

  • join the primary tube in the neighborhood of the leaf-gaps.

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