neck of the woods

Meaning

  1. (idiomatic) A local neighbourhood or region.
  2. (idiomatic) A place or field in which one is comfortable or with which one is familiar.

Translations

جِوَار

قُرْب

مَوْضَع

نَاحِيَة

περιοχή

γειτνίαση

γειτονιά

εγγύτητα

μέρη

جَنْب

Etymology

See neck (“narrow tract of land”) or from Algonquian naiack ("point" or "corner").

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