neighbourhood or US neighborhood(ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
)
Definitions
noun
- the immediate environment; surroundings; vicinity related adjective vicinal
- a district where people live
- the people in a particular area; neighbours
- neighbourly feeling
- mathematics the set of all points whose distance from a given point is less than a specified value
- (modifier) of or for a neighbourhood ⇒
a neighbourhood community worker
- See in the neighbourhood of
Quotations
"The Bible tells us to love our neighbours, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people"
Translations
- British English:
neighbourhood
A neighbourhood is one of the parts of a town where people live.She no longer goes for evening walks around her neighbourhood.ˈneɪbəˌhʊd NOUN She no longer goes for evening walks around her neighbourhood.
- Spanish:
vecindario
nm
- French:
voisinage
nm
- German:
Nachbarschaft
nf
- Chinese: 邻里 n
- Arabic: مُجَاوِرةٌ n
- Portuguese: vizinhança nf
- Russian: район nm
- Croatian: susjedstvo nm
- Czech: sousedství nnt
- Danish: nabolag nnt
- Dutch: buurt n
- Finnish: asuinalue n
- Greek: γειτονιά nf
- Italian: vicinato nm
- Japanese: 近所 n
- Korean: 이웃 n
- Norwegian: nabolag nnt
- Polish: sąsiedztwo nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: vizinhança nf
- European Spanish:
vecindad
nf
- Swedish: kvarter nnt
- Thai: เขตที่มีคนอยู่อาศัย n
- Turkish: mahalle n
- Vietnamese: vùng lân cận n
Usage examples
Which means he must be well acquainted with the neighbourhood.
, Unto The Grave (1986)For Sale: Desirable property with easy access to services in a popular, stable neighbourhood.
New Scientist (1998)The modest flat at which the poison was discovered is located above a drugstore in the neighbourhood of Wood Green in North London.
Globe and Mail (2003)At least a dozen buildings were seen destroyed or damaged in the neighbourhood.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2004)No getting out of bed at 2 a. m. to advise a neighbourhood woman worker how to cope with a suicidal incest survivor.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)