1. (

• vicinity ,
• locality ,
• neighborhood ,
• neighbourhood ,
• neck_of_the_woods

) 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" ;

2. (

• neighborhood ,
• neighbourhood

) people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush" ;