neighbourhood

Noun

• people living near one another
  • it is a friendly neighborhood
    
  • my neighborhood voted for Bush
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  neighborhood , vicinity , locality , neck of the woods