neighborhood

(n) 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
locality, neck of the woods, neighbourhood, vicinity,
(n) people living near one another
- it is a friendly neighborhood
- my neighborhood voted for Bush
neighbourhood,
(n) the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in "in the region of")
- it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job
- the price is in the neighborhood of $100
region,
(n) an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
- an ethnic neighborhood

locality neck of the woods neighbourhood vicinity region