neighborhoods

1. a surrounding or nearby regionExamples: "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"Synonyms: locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity

2. people living near one anotherExamples: "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"Synonyms: neighborhood, neighbourhood

3. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')Examples: "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"Synonyms: neighborhood, region

4. an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)Examples: "an ethnic neighborhood"Synonyms: neighborhood