noun
locality
loh-KAL-uh-tee/ləʊˈkæləti/
A particular place or area.
The houses and branching lane form a compact riverside locality.
Etymology
The pieces originally express the condition of belonging to or having a place. Locality shifted from that abstract property to the particular geographical place or district itself.
In context
for it is the habit of the denizens of that locality to go "marketing" in the evening among the costermongers' stalls that line so many of the thoroughfares.
More examples
- Rainfall varies greatly from one locality to another.
- The bus connects several rural localities.
- Residents of this locality oppose the new highway.
Forms
locality · localities
local adjective — Relating to a particular nearby area.
Similar words
- area
- A broader term for space, not necessarily a specific place.
- region
- Usually a larger area united by shared geographical features.
- neighborhood
- Usually a residential area within a town or city.