apkārtne

Latvian

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apkārtne f (5th declension)

environs, locality, neighbourhood (UK), neighborhood (US), surrounding area, vicinity
Synonyms: apkaime, aptuviene

nekur visā apkārtnē nebija manāma ne mazākā dzīvība, un tas viesa zēna sirdī baigumu ― nowhere in the whole neighbourhood was there any noticeable living thing, and this caused dread in the boy's heart

es nāku no Skotijas, Glāzgovas apkārtnes, taču mans uzvārds ir gluži ne-skotisks ― I come from Scotland, (from) a Glasgow neighbourhood, but my family name is really non-Scottish
(computing) environment (the software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system)