Main entry: neighborhood, neighbourhood
Definition: people living near one another
Usage: it is a friendly neighborhood; my neighborhood voted for Bush
Main entry: vicinity, neck of the woods, neighborhood, neighbourhood, locality
Definition: a surrounding or nearby region
Usage: 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