locality
Meanings
Plural: localities
Noun
- a surrounding or nearby region
- "it is a rugged locality"
- The fact or quality of having a position in space.
- The features or surroundings of a particular place.
- The condition of being local.
- The situation or position of an object.
- An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
- Limitation to a county, district, or place.
- A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
- The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
Origin / Etymology
From French localité, from Late Latin localitas, equivalent to local + -ity.
Synonyms
neck of the woods, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity
Scrabble Score: 13
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Words With Friends Score: 15
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