locality
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lo·cal·i·ty
(lō-kăl'ĭ-tē) 
n., pl., -ties.
n., pl., -ties.
- A particular neighborhood, place, or district: "Localities, even individual villages, developed their own languages" (Wall Street Journal).
- The fact or quality of having position in space.
[French localité, from Late Latin locālitās, from locālis, local. See local.]
Roget's Thesaurus:
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locality
noun
- A particular geographic area: locale, location, place. See place.
- A part of the earth's surface: area, belt, district, neighborhood, quarter, region, tract, zone. Informal neck of the woods. See territory.
- A surrounding site: area, neighborhood, vicinity. See near/far/distance, place.
- A surrounding area: environment, environs, locale, neighborhood, precinct (used in plural), surroundings, vicinity. See near/far/distance, place.
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locality
IN BRIEF: n. - A surrounding or nearby region.
The cost of living in this locality is significantly higher than in others.
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Locality
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Locality may refer to:
- Locality, a.k.a. human settlement
- Locality of reference in computer-science data-access issue
- Locality (statistics)
- Locality (linguistics)
- Locality (NGO), UK charity formed in April 2011 as a nationwide network for settlements, development trusts, social action centres and community enterprises, through a merger of the British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres, and the Development Trusts Association
- Locality, physics concept of principle of locality
- Locality in astronomy
- Locality, specific geographic divisions or units:
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Locality
Dansk (Danish)
n. - lokalitet, sted, voksested
Nederlands (Dutch)
lokaliteit, plaats, ruimte, waar evenement plaatsvindt
Français (French)
n. - région, endroit
Deutsch (German)
n. - Ort, Fundort, Örtlichkeit
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θέση, τόπος, τοποθεσία, περιοχή
Português (Portuguese)
n. - localidade (f)
Русский (Russian)
местонахождение, район, окрестности
Español (Spanish)
n. - localidad
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lokalitet, plats, ställe, fyndplats, fyndort, trakt, ort, läge, (geografisk) belägenhet
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
地方, 位置, 所在
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 地方, 位置, 所在
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지방, 장소, 소재지, 발생지, 현장
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 場所, 産地, 地方, いること, 場所の感覚
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) المحليه كون الشئ محليا, مركز, موضع, موقع
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מקום, שכונה, איזור, מיקום
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