locality

Plural: localities

Noun

• An area, district, or neighborhood, often undefined.
• a surrounding or nearby region
  • "it is a rugged locality"
• The fact or quality of having a position in space.
• The features or surroundings of a particular place.
• The condition of being local.
• The situation or position of an object.
• An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
• Limitation to a county, district, or place.
• A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
• The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.

Examples

• a rural locality
• The bonus squares created a high-scoring locality on the Scrabble board.

Synonyms

neck of the woods, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity