locality

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The fact or quality of having a position in space.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The features or surroundings of a particular place.
  3. (uncountable) The condition of being local.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The situation or position of an object.
  5. (countable, uncountable) An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
  6. (countable, uncountable) Limitation to a county, district, or place.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
  8. (countable, dated, uncountable) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.

Synonyms

place
A1
area
A2
region
B2
district
B2
location
B1
neighborhood
B1
site
B1
spot
A2
vicinity
C2
neighbourhood
C1
quarter
B2
territory
B2
whereabout
whereabouts
C1
position
A2
zone
B1
part
A1
a lot
country
A1
environs
land
A2
locus
49k
plot
B2
province
C1
situation
A2
surroundings
C2
village
A2
neck of the woods

local area

interval
C2

residential area

resort
C1
rim
C2
room
A1
section
B1
sectional
shore
B2
institute
C1
local
B1
space
A2
field
A2
neighbourhood
C1
establishment
C1
town
A1
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venue
C2
entourage
C2

territory neighborhood

dominion
C2
division
B2
ambiance
34k
Translations

Örtlichkeit
localité
località
région
localidad
localidade
terrain
pays
abitato
Ort
quartier
lieu
voisinage

τοποθεσία

Frequency

36k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/loʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/
Etymology

From French localité, from Late Latin localitas, equivalent to local + -ity.

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