vizinhança
Portuguese
Etymology
Vizinho (“neighbour”) + -ança (“-ance”), from Old Portuguese vizinno, vezinno, from Latin vīcīnus (“neighbour”), from vicus (“quarter; village”), from Proto-Indo-European *weiḱ- (“to settle; settlement, tribe”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌvi.zi.ˈɲɐ̃.sa/, /ˌvi.zi.ˈɲɐ̃.sɐ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨ.zi.ˈɲɐ̃.sɐ/, /vi.zi.ˈɲɐ̃.sɐ/
- Hyphenation: vi‧zi‧nhan‧ça
Noun
vizinhança f (plural vizinhanças)
- neighborhood (close proximity, particularly in reference to home)
- neighborhood (inhabitants in the close proximity)
- (uncountable) the relationship between neighbours
- surroundings (area surrounding something)
- (uncountable) proximity or contiguity
Synonyms
- (close proximity): bairro, paróquia (Brazil, humorous), quarteirão, vizinidade
- (inhabitants in the close proximity): bairro, vizinhada
- (surroundings): See Thesaurus:arredores
- (proximity or contiguity): contiguidade, proximidade
Antonyms
- (proximity or contiguity): afastamento, distância, longinquidade
Derived terms
- circunvizinhança
- política da boa vizinhança
Related terms
- vicinal
- vicinalidade
- vizinhada
- vizinhal
- vizinhar
- vizinheiro
- vizinho