Definitions

locality

[loh-kal-i-tee] / loʊˈkæl ɪ ti /

NOUN

environment

Synonyms

STRONG

ambiance area aura backdrop background circumstances climate conditions context domain element encompassment entourage environs habitat hood jungle locale location medium milieu neighborhood place purlieus scene scenery setting situation status surroundings terrain territory turf vicinity zoo

WEAK

neck of the woods stomping ground

NOUN

neighborhood

Synonyms

STRONGEST

district parish region zone

STRONG

adjacency area belt block closeness confines contiguity environs hood jungle locale nearness part precinct propinquity proximity purlieus quarter section slum street suburb territory tract turf vicinity ward zoo

WEAK

neck of the woods stomping ground vicinage

Antonyms

STRONG

distance remoteness whole

Example Sentences

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The site is also close to Sidi Abderrahmane, a landmark locality for Middle Pleistocene archaeology in Northwest Africa.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026

No other government uses this system—no locality, no state, no country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

There’s a value in locality, too; showing now, for example, not just what country the beans are from, but also what farm they’re grown on and what grade they are.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025

Sussex Police said officers "worked to keep any disruption in the locality to a minimum" and there were no arrests.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

A second method for identifying a crop’s or animal’s site of domestication is to plot on a map the dates of the domesticated form’s first appearance at each locality.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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