locality

locality
n
1. place, locale, site, situs, stead, Latin, locus, Fr. Hew. sport, point, position, Law. venue, scene of the crime, scene, setting; quarter, zone, pale, area, division; region, territory, realm, province, shire, county; neighborhood, district, bailiwick, section, precinct, township; diocese, parish, ward, bishopric; neck of the woods, backyard, home; ground, terrain, soil, Sl. turf; habitat, environment, climate, clime, domain, abode, range.
2. vicinity, vicinage, environs, purlieus, whereabouts, hereabouts; field, demesne, station, circuit, beat, orbit.

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  • 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

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

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