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" Synonym(s):vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods
people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush" Synonym(s):neighborhood, neighbourhood