neighborhood

neighborhood

English

Alternative forms

• neighbourhood (UK)

Etymology

From an alteration of earlier neighborred (“neighborhood”), from Middle English neȝeburredde, neheborreden, equivalent to neighbor +‎ -red; the alteration being interpreted as though from neighbor +‎ -hood. For change in suffix (-red to -hood), compare brotherhood.

Cognates

Dutch nabijheid (common in modern language), Dutch naburigheid (uncommon in modern language).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/

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Noun

neighborhood (countable and uncountable, plural neighborhoods) (American spelling)

1. The residential area near one's home.

   He lives in my neighborhood.

2. The inhabitants of a residential area.

   The fire alarmed the neighborhood.

3. A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.

   We have just moved to a pleasant neighborhood.

4. An approximate amount.

   He must be making in the neighborhood of $200,000 per year.

5. The quality of physical proximity.

   The slums and the palace were in awful neighborhood.

6. (chiefly obsolete) The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity.

   Our neighborhood was our only reason to exchange hollow greetings.

   • 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 243-245,

     […] if you do any thing for charity, helpe me; if for neighborhood or brotherhood, helpe me […]

   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene ii]:

     Take her, fair son, and from her blood raise up
     Issue to me; that the contending kingdoms
     Of France and England, whose very shores look pale
     With envy of each other’s happiness,
     May cease their hatred; and this dear conjunction
     Plant neighbourhood and Christian-like accord
     In their sweet bosoms […]

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     Nor content with such / Audacious neighbourhood, the wisest heart / Of Solomon he led by fraud to build / His Temple right against the Temple of God.

   • 1835, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes:

     Then the prison and the palace were in awful neighbourhood.

7. (dated) Close proximity; nearness.
   • 1853, Charles Boner, Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria (page 286)

     At first he was partly hidden among the latschen, then his hind-quarters, quite black, emerged from the dark green bushes, as he slowly moved on, perfectly unconscious of our neighbourhood.

8. (obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
9. (topology) Within a topological space:
   1. A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
   2. Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.
10. (topology) Within a metric space:
    1. A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point.
    2. Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point.
11. (topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
12. (graph theory) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.

Synonyms

• vicinity
• proximity
• quarter

Derived terms

• clear the neighborhood
• compact neighborhood
• gayborhood
• hood
• in close neighborhood
• in the neighborhood of
• microneighborhood
• nabe
• neighborhoodlike
• neighborhood play
• neighborhoody
• orthographic neighborhood
• punctured neighborhood

 

Translations

quality of being a neighbor

Arabic: جِوَار‎ m (jiwār) Belarusian: сусе́дства n (susjédstva) Bulgarian: съсе́дство (bg) n (sǎsédstvo) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: sousedství (cs) n Danish: naboskab n Dutch: nabuurschap Finnish: naapuruus (fi) Hungarian: szomszédság (hu) Italian: vicinato m Macedonian: соседство n (sosedstvo) Norwegian: naboskap n Polish: sąsiedztwo (pl) n Portuguese: vizinhança (pt) f Russian: сосе́дство (ru) n (sosédstvo) Slovak: susedstvo n Swedish: grannskap (sv) n Turkish: komşuluk (tr) Ukrainian: сусі́дство n (susídstvo) Welsh: cymdogaeth f

area near one's home

Albanian: fqinj (sq) m Arabic: جِوَار‎ m (jiwār), قُرْب‎ m (qurb), حَيّ‎ (ar) m (ḥayy) Aragonese: barrio m, vico m Armenian: թաղ (hy) (tʿał) Aromanian: vitsinatã f, vitsinãtati f, vitsinami f Asturian: barriu (ast) m Basque: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: вако́ліцы f pl (vakólicy) Bulgarian: съсе́дство (bg) n (sǎsédstvo), око́лност (bg) f (okólnost) Catalan: barri (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 附近 (fu6 gan6), 鄰里 (leon4 lei5) Mandarin: 附近 (zh) (fùjìn), 鄰里／邻里 (zh) (línlǐ), 周圍／周围 (zh) (zhōuwéi), 街坊 (zh) (jiēfang) Czech: sousedství (cs) n Danish: kvarter (da) n, nabolag n, omegn (da) c, bydel (da) (urban) Dutch: buurt (nl) f, kwartier (nl) n, wijk (nl) Egyptian: (hꜣw) Esperanto: najbaraĵo Estonian: naabrus, ümbruskond Finnish: naapurusto (fi), lähistö (fi), kulmakunta (fi), alue (fi), lähiympäristö (fi), ympäristö (fi) French: voisinage (fr) m, environs (fr) m pl, quartier (fr) m German: Nachbarschaft (de) f, Umgebung (de) f, Kiez (de) m, Viertel (de) n, Quartier (de) n, Stadtteil (de) m Greek: γειτονιά (el) f (geitoniá), περιοχή (el) f (periochí), συνοικία (el) f (synoikía) Hebrew: שְׁכוּנָה‎ (he) f (shkhuná) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: környék (hu) Icelandic: nágrenni (is) n Italian: vicinato m, quartiere (it) m Japanese: 近所 (ja) (きんじょ, kinjo), 近隣 (ja) (きんりん, kinrin), 周辺 (ja) (しゅうへん, shūhen), 付近 (ja) (ふきん, fukin) Khmer: ក្រវល់ (krâvôl), សង្កាត់ (km) (sɑngkat) Korean: 근처(近處) (ko) (geuncheo), 부근(付近) (ko) (bugeun), 동네 (ko) (dongne) Ladino: maale, mahal Latin: vicinitas f, vīcīnia f Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: kaimynystė f Macedonian: соседство n (sosedstvo), комшилук m (komšiluk) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: naboskap n, strøk Bokmål: naboskap n Old English: nēawist f Polish: sąsiedztwo (pl) n Portuguese: vizinhança (pt) f, bairro (pt) m Punjabi: ਗੁਆਂਢ m (guāṇḍha), ਪੜੋਸ m (paṛos) Romanian: vecinătate (ro) f Russian: сосе́дство (ru) n (sosédstvo), окре́стности (ru) f pl (okréstnosti), бли́зость (ru) f (blízostʹ), окру́га (ru) f (okrúga) Scots: neibourheid Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: су́седство n (Ekavian), су́сједство n (Ijekavian) Roman: súsedstvo (sh) n (Ekavian), súsjedstvo (sh) n (Ijekavian) Slovak: susedstvo n Slovene: soseska f Spanish: vecindad (es) f, barrio (es) m, vecindario (es) m, cercanía (es) f Swedish: grannskap (sv) c, kvarter (sv) c Tagalog: kapitbahayan Tamil: please add this translation if you can Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: civar (tr), semt (tr), mahalle (tr), yöre (tr), muhit (tr) Ukrainian: сусі́дство n (susídstvo), окру́га (uk) f (okrúha), око́лиці f pl (okólyci) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Volapük: niläd (vo) Welsh: bro f, cymdogaeth f

inhabitants of a residential area

Belarusian: сусе́дзі m pl (susjédzi) Catalan: veïnat (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 鄰里鄉親／邻里乡亲 (línlǐ xiāngqīn) Czech: sousedstvo n Danish: nabolag n Dutch: buurt (nl) (gemeenschap) Estonian: naabrid pl Finnish: naapurusto (fi), naapurit (fi) pl German: Nachbarschaft (de) f Hungarian: szomszédság (hu), szomszédok (hu) Italian: vicinato m Macedonian: соседи pl (sosedi), комшии pl (komšii) Norwegian: naboer pl Portuguese: vizinhança (pt) f Punjabi: ਗੁਆਂਢ m (guāṇḍha) Russian: сосе́ди (ru) m pl (sosédi) Scots: neibourheid Scottish Gaelic: coimhearsnachd f Serbo-Croatian: súsjedstvo (sh) n Slovene: soseščina f Turkish: mahalleli (tr), konu komşu Ukrainian: сусі́ди (uk) m pl (susídy) Volapük: nilädanef Welsh: cymdogaeth f

division of a municipality or region

Arabic: حَيّ‎ (ar) m (ḥayy) Gulf Arabic: فريج‎ m (firīj) Bulgarian: о́кръг (bg) m (ókrǎg) Catalan: barri (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: kvartalo Finnish: kaupunginosa (fi), kylä (fi), alue (fi); kulmakunta (fi) (informal) German: Stadtteil (de) m, Viertel (de) n Hungarian: városrész (hu), negyed (hu), városnegyed (hu) Italian: quartiere (it) m Japanese: 近所 (ja) (kinjo) Khmer: ជំនិត (km) (cumnɨt) Norwegian: boområder pl Portuguese: bairro (pt) m Russian: микрорайо́н (ru) m (mikrorajón) Spanish: barrio (es) m Swahili: mtaa (sw) Swedish: bostadsområde (sv) Turkish: semt (tr), yöre (tr), yaka (tr), mahalle (tr), muhit (tr)

approximate amount

Danish: cirka (da), i omegnen af Finnish: suuruusluokka (fi) German: ungefähr (de), im Bereich von Turkish: civar (tr) (in usage, 'civarında')

quality of physical proximity

Bulgarian: бли́зост (bg) f (blízost) Dutch: nabijheid (nl) Esperanto: najbareco Finnish: läheisyys (fi), naapuruus (fi) German: Nachbarschaft (de) Greek: γειτνίαση (el) f (geitníasi) Italian: vicinanza (it) f Russian: бли́зость (ru) f (blízostʹ), сосе́дство (ru) n (sosédstvo) Swedish: närhet (sv) Turkish: yakınlık (tr)

neighborly kindness or good will

Bulgarian: добросъсе́дство n (dobrosǎsédstvo) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: naapurisopu (fi) Russian: добрососе́дство (ru) n (dobrososédstvo) Scots: neibourheid Swedish: grannsämja (sv) c Turkish: komşuluk (tr) ('Komşuluk öldü mü?')

topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point

Catalan: veïnat (ca) m, entorn (ca) m Czech: okolí (cs) n Danish: omegn (da) c Esperanto: ĉirkaŭaĵo Finnish: ympäristö (fi) French: voisinage (fr) m German: Umgebung (de) f Greek: γειτονιά (el) f (geitoniá) Icelandic: grennd f Indonesian: lingkungan (id), persekitaran (id), ketetanggaan Italian: intorno (it) m Polish: otoczenie (pl) n Swedish: omgivning (sv) c Turkish: komşuluk (tr) Ukrainian: окі́л m (okíl) Vietnamese: lân cận (vi)

topology: set containing an open ball which contains a specified point

topology: set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: lähiympäristö (fi) Romanian: vecinătate (ro) f Russian: please add this translation if you can

graph theory: set of all vertices adjacent to a given vertex

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Estonian: (please verify) naabrus, (please verify) ümbruskond French: (please verify) quartier (fr) m, (please verify) voisinage (fr) m Italian: quartiere (it) m Norwegian: Bokmål: omgivelse m

See also

• neighborship
• neighborhood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia