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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a surrounding or nearby region;
- Example: "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"
- Example: "it is a rugged locality"
- Example: "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"
- Example: "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"
[syn: vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods]

2. people living near one another;
- Example: "it is a friendly neighborhood"
- Example: "my neighborhood voted for Bush"
[syn: neighborhood, neighbourhood]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

neighbour \neighbour\, neighbouring \neighbouring\,
neighbourhood \neighbourhood\, neighbourly \neighbourly\
   Same as neighbor, neighboring, neighborhood,
   neighborly. [Chiefly Brit.]
   [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

neighbourhood
    n 1: a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the
         vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he
         always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood";
         "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of
         the woods" [syn: vicinity, locality, neighborhood,
         neighbourhood, neck of the woods]
    2: people living near one another; "it is a friendly
       neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush" [syn:
       neighborhood, neighbourhood]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "neighbourhood":
   about, almost, approximately, area, around, close to, confines,
   district, environs, locale, locality, more or less, nearly,
   practically, precincts, purlieus, quarter, region, surroundings,
   vicinage, vicinity