neighborhood

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Alternative forms

• neighbourhood

Etymology

neighbor +‎ -hood

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Noun

neighborhood (countable and uncountable; plural neighborhoods)

1. (obsolete) The quality of being a neighbor, living nearby, next to each-other

   Our neighborhood was our only reason to exchange hollow greetings

2. A nearby area.
3. The inhabitants of a residential area.

   The fire alarmed the neighborhood.

4. A division of a municipality or region, formally or informally divided

   We have just moved to a pleasant neighborhood

5. An approximate amount.

   He must be making in the neighborhood of $200,000 per year.

6. (uncountable) The quality of physical proximity.

   The slums and the palace were in awful neighborhood.

7. (obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
8. (topology) The neighborhood of a point x is... (depending on the author):
   1. ...an open set which contains point x.
   2. ...a set containing an open set which contains point x.

Synonyms

• vicinity
• proximity
• quarter

Derived terms

• microneighborhood

Related terms

• neighborly

Translations

quality of being a neighbor

Dutch: nabuurschap (nl) Finnish: naapuruus (fi)

Turkish: komşuluk (tr)

nearby area

Arabic: جوار (ar) (jiwaar) m., قرب (ar) (qurb) m. Armenian: թաղ (hy) (t’aġ) Belarusian: ваколіцы (be) (vakólicy) f. pl. Chinese: Mandarin: 附近 (cmn) (fùjìn), 鄰里 (cmn), 邻里 (cmn) (línlǐ), 周圍 (cmn), 周围 (cmn) (zhōuwéi), 街坊 (cmn) (jiēfang) Czech: sousedství (cs) n. Dutch: buurt (nl) f., kwartier (nl) n., wijk (nl) Esperanto: najbaraĵo (eo) Estonian: naabrus (et), ümbruskond (et) Finnish: alue (fi), lähiympäristö (fi), lähistö (fi) French: voisinage (fr) m., environs (fr) m. pl., quartier (fr) m. German: Nachbarschaft (de) f., Umgebung (de) f. Greek: γειτονιά (el) (geitoniá) f. Hungarian: szomszédság (hu), szomszédok (hu) Icelandic: nágrenni (is) n. Italian: vicinato (it) m. Japanese: 近所 (ja) (きんじょ, kinjo), 近隣 (ja) (きんりん, kinrin), 周辺 (ja) (しゅうへん, shūhen) Korean: 근처 (ko) (geuncheo) (近處 (ko)) Latin: vicinitas (la)

Macedonian: соседство (mk) (sósedstvo) n., комшилук (mk) (kómšiluk) m. Polish: sąsiedztwo (pl) n. Portuguese: vizinhança (pt) f. Romanian: vecinătate (ro) Russian: соседство (ru) (sosédstvo) n., окрестности (ru) (okréstnosti) f. pl., близость (ru) (blízost') f., округа (ru) (okrúga) f. Scots: neibourheid Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: су́седство (sh) n. (Ekavian), су́сједство (sh) n. (Ijekavian) Roman: súsedstvo (sh) n. (Ekavian), súsjedstvo (sh) n. (Ijekavian) Spanish: vecindad (es) f., barrio (es) m. Swahili: mtaa (sw) Swedish: grannskap (sv) c. Turkish: civar (tr), semt (tr), mahalle (tr) Ukrainian: сусідство (uk) (susídstvo) n., округа (uk) (okrúha) f., околиці (uk) (okólyci) f. pl.

inhabitants of a residential area

Dutch: buurt (gemeenschap) Estonian: naabrid (et) pl. Finnish: naapurusto (fi), naapurit (fi) pl.

Turkish: konu komşu (tr)

division of a municipality or region

Finnish: kaupunginosa (fi), alue (fi), kulmakunta (fi)

approximate amount

Finnish: suunnilleen (fi) (adverb)

quality of physical proximity

Dutch: nabijheid (nl) Esperanto: najbareco (eo) Finnish: läheisyys (fi), naapuruus (fi)

Greek: γειτνίαση (el) (geitníasi) f. Turkish: çevre (tr), etraf (tr)

neighborly kindness or good will

Finnish: naapurisopu (fi)

topology: neighborhood of a point x

Finnish: ympäristö (fi), lähistö (fi)

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Estonian: naabrus, ümbruskond French: quartier m., voisinage m.

See also

• Neighborhood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia