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locality

[loh-kal-i-tee] / loʊˈkæl ɪ ti /
NOUN
environment
Synonyms
STRONG
ambiance area aura backdrop background circumstances climate conditions context domain element encompassment entourage environs habitat hood jungle locale location medium milieu neighborhood place purlieus scene scenery setting situation status surroundings terrain territory turf vicinity zoo
WEAK
neck of the woods stomping ground
NOUN
neighborhood
Synonyms
STRONGEST
district parish region zone
STRONG
adjacency area belt block closeness confines contiguity environs hood jungle locale nearness part precinct propinquity proximity purlieus quarter section slum street suburb territory tract turf vicinity ward zoo
WEAK
neck of the woods stomping ground vicinage
Antonyms
STRONG
distance remoteness whole

Example Sentences

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Nagi says that the conversation motivated her to visit the boy's slum community and she offered to spruce up the locality by decorating the walls with murals.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

After answering a user query about Santa Fe, the chatbox provided a link to a desert cottage in the locality.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

The site is also close to Sidi Abderrahmane, a landmark locality for Middle Pleistocene archaeology in Northwest Africa.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026

No other government uses this system—no locality, no state, no country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

That locality was always vaguely disquieting, even in the broad glare of afternoon, and now I turned my head as though I had been warned of something behind.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald