neighbourhood

neighbourhood US, neighborhood [ˈneɪbəˌhʊd]

n

1. the immediate environment; surroundings; vicinity Related adj vicinal

2. a district where people live

3. the people in a particular area; neighbours

4. neighbourly feeling

5. (Mathematics) Maths the set of all points whose distance from a given point is less than a specified value

6. (modifier) of or for a neighbourhood a neighbourhood community worker

in the neighbourhood of approximately (a given number)

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

noun

1. district, community, quarter, region, surroundings, locality, locale It seemed like a good neighbourhood to raise my children.

2. vicinity, confines, proximity, precincts, environs, purlieus the loss of woodlands in the neighbourhood of large towns

Related words
adjective vicinal

Translations

neighbourhood neighborhood (US) [ˈneɪbəhʊd]

A. N

1. (= area) → barrio m, vecindario m
not a very nice neighbourhood → un barrio poco atractivo
somewhere in the neighbourhood → por allí

2. (= surrounding area) → alrededores mpl, cercanías fpl
anyone in the neighbourhood of the crime → cualquier persona que estuviera en las cercancías del lugar del crimen
in the neighbourhood of £80 → alrededor de(las)80 libras

3. (= people) → vecindario m, vecinos mpl

B. CPD [supermarket, chemist] → de(l)barrio; [policeman] → de barrio
neighbourhood watch scheme N → grupo m de vigilancia de los(propios)vecinos

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neighbourhood [ˈneɪbə^rhʊd] neighborhood (US) n

(= area of town) → quartier m
a safe neighbourhood → un quartier sûr
She'd just moved into the neighbourhood → Elle venait d'emménager dans le quartier.
my immediate neighbourhood → mon voisinage immédiat

(= surrounding area) → voisinage m
in the neighbourhood of sth [+ place] → aux environs de qch, au voisinage de qch

(with numbers) in the neighbourhood of (= about) → aux environs de
He's won in the neighbourhood of four million dollars → Il a gagné aux environs de quatre millions de dollars.
neighbourhood watch (British) neighborhood watch (US) n système de surveillance assuré par les habitants d'un quartier

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neighbourhood, (US) neighborhood

n (= district) → Gegend f, → Viertel nt; (= people) → Nachbarschaft f; get to know your neighbourhood → lernen Sie Ihre nähere Umgebung or (people also) → Ihre Nachbarschaft kennen; all the children from the neighbourhood → all die Kinder aus der Nachbarschaft or der Gegend; she is very popular in this neighbourhood → sie ist bei allen Nachbarn or in der ganzen Nachbarschaft sehr beliebt; your friendly neighbourhood policeman → der freundliche Polizist in Ihrer Nachbarschaft; in the neighbourhood of something → in der Nähe von etw; (fig: = approximately) → um etw herum

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neighbourhood neighborhood (Am) [ˈneɪbəˌhʊd] n (district) → quartiere m, vicinato; (surrounding area) → vicinanze fpl
the whole neighbourhood knows her → tutto il vicinato or il quartiere la conosce
in the neighbourhood of the station → nelle vicinanze or nei paraggi della stazione
(something) in the neighbourhood of £1,000 → qualcosa come 1.000 sterline

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neighbourhood neighborhood (Am) [ˈneɪbəˌhʊd] n (district) → quartiere m, vicinato; (surrounding area) → vicinanze fpl
the whole neighbourhood knows her → tutto il vicinato or il quartiere la conosce
in the neighbourhood of the station → nelle vicinanze or nei paraggi della stazione
(something) in the neighbourhood of £1,000 → qualcosa come 1.000 sterline

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neighbourhood → مُجَاوِرة sousedství nabolag Nachbarschaft γειτονιά vecindad, vecindario asuinalue voisinage susjedstvo vicinato 近所 이웃 buurt nabolag sąsiedztwo vizinhança район kvarter เขตที่มีคนอยู่อาศัย mahalle vùng lân cận 居民点