neighbourhood (redirected from Neighborhoods)

neighbourhood or US neighborhood

Noun

1. a district where people live

2. the immediate environment; surroundings

3. the people in a district

4. in the neighbourhood of approximately

Adjective

in and for a district: our neighbourhood cinema

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	neighbourhood - 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" locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, vicinity gold coast - a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area; "Chicago's gold coast is along Lake Michigan" 'hood - (slang) a neighborhood place - a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago" proximity - the region close around a person or thing scenery - the appearance of a place section - a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"
	2.	neighbourhood - people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush" neighborhood community - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" hood - (slang) a neighborhood street - people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"

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neighbourhood U.S. neighborhood

noun 1. district, community, quarter, region, surroundings, locality, locale

2. vicinity, confines, proximity, precincts, environs, purlieus

Translations

neighbourhood, neighborhood (US) [ˈneɪbəhud] neighbour n (= place) → quartier m (= people); voisinage m

neighbourhood [ˈneɪbəhud] neighbour n (place) → Gegend f;

(people) → Nachbarschaft f;

in the neighbourhood of ... → in der Nähe von ... (sum of money) → so um die ...

neighbourhood, neighborhood [ˈneɪbəhud] n → vicinato