neighborhood
n. countablen. the area around your home and the people who live there. It is a specific part of a town or city where you live and spend your time.
n. a district or community within a town or city, often characterized by its social or architectural identity. Frequently used to refer to the inhabitants of such an area collectively.
I live in a very quiet neighborhood.
The local council is building a new park to improve the neighborhood for young families.
Urban planners often emphasize the importance of walkable neighborhoods to foster a sense of community and reduce the environmental impact of daily commutes.
From an alteration of earlier neighborred (“neighborhood”), from Middle English neȝeburredde, neheborreden, equivalent to neighbor + -red; the term being interpreted as neighbor + -hood. For change in suffix (-red to -hood), compare brotherhood. Cognates Cognate with Scots nichbourheid (“neighbourhood”). Compare also Dutch naburigheid (“neighbourhood”).
Commonly spelled 'neighbourhood' in British English.