neighbourhood

British  

/ ˈneɪbəˌhʊd /

noun

1. the immediate environment; surroundings; vicinity

2. a district where people live

3. the people in a particular area; neighbours

4. neighbourly feeling

5. 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

7. approximately (a given number)

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Example Sentences

There house is in the Shariati neighbourhood of Tehran, where there are many military facilities that have been targeted.

From BBC

To me, she was big in so many ways: taller than me, talked more than I did, laughed louder than anyone in the neighbourhood.

From Literature

"We were here and we heard a big noise, a big boom, and we realised it's something in the neighbourhood," he told AFP.

From Barron's

"Last night... people in all neighbourhoods shouted for joy and took to the streets. This joy was while we were in the middle of a missile war," a Tehran resident in her 30s said.

From Barron's

Like Malka, most residents of the neighbourhood knew someone inside the public shelter.

From Barron's