locality

locality
Synonyms and related words:
abode, area, bailiwick, bearings, belt, bench mark, district, domain, emplacement, field, habitat, haunt, hole, home, latitude and longitude, lieu, locale, located, location, locus, native environment, neighborhood, pinpoint, place, placed, placement, point, position, positioned, province, range, region, section, sector, set, site, situate, situation, situs, sphere, spot, stamping ground, stead, territory, tract, vicinage, vicinity, whereabout, whereabouts, zone

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  • locality — locality, district, vicinity, neighborhood denote a more or less definitely circumscribed place or region, especially from the point of view of those who live in it. Locality applies to a region of undefined boundaries, but it usually suggests an …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Locality — is a term associated with a place or Location (geography) but may also refer to: * Locality of reference in computer science, which describes how programs typically access data * Principle of locality in physics * Locality (statistics) in… …   Wikipedia

  • Locality — Lo*cal i*ty, n.; pl. {Localitiees}. [L. localitas: cf. F. localit[ e].] 1. The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits. [1913 Webster] It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • locality — UK US /ləʊˈkæləti/ noun [C] (plural localities) ► a particular area of a state or country: »The plan includes support for small businesses to modernize manufacturing in the locality. »The mineral is mined in Sweden and a number of Norwegian… …   Financial and business terms

  • locality — (n.) 1620s, fact of having a place, from Fr. localité, from L.L. localitatem (nom. localitas) locality, from localis belonging to a place (see LOCAL (Cf. local)). Meaning a place or district is from 1830 …   Etymology dictionary

  • locality — [lō kal′ə tē] n. pl. localities [Fr localité < LL localitis: see LOCAL] 1. position with regard to surrounding objects, landmarks, etc. [a sense of locality] 2. a place; district; neighborhood …   English World dictionary

  • locality — I noun address, area, bearings, demesne, district, domain, environment, environs, habitat, locale, location, locus, neighborhood, pale, place, position, province, purlieus, quarter, region, scene, seat, section, sector, site, situation, situs,… …   Law dictionary

  • locality — ► NOUN (pl. localities) 1) an area or neighbourhood. 2) the position or site of something …   English terms dictionary

  • locality — [[t]loʊkæ̱lɪti[/t]] localities N COUNT A locality is a small area of a country or city. [FORMAL] Following the discovery of the explosives the president cancelled his visit to the locality... Details of the drinking water quality in your locality …   English dictionary

  • locality — UK [ləʊˈkælətɪ] / US [loʊˈkælətɪ] noun [countable] Word forms locality : singular locality plural localities formal a particular area or district She needs a job in the locality. Many people had moved to different localities …   English dictionary

  • locality — /loh kal i tee/, n., pl. localities. 1. a place, spot, or district, with or without reference to things or persons in it or to occurrences there: They moved to another locality. 2. the state or fact of being local or having a location: the… …   Universalium

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