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    locality
    /lə(ʊ)ˈkalɪti/

    noun

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  2. LOCALITY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of locality in English. locality. noun [ C ] uk / ləˈkæl.ə.ti / us / loʊˈkæl.ə.t̬i / Add to word list. a particular area: Many people are opting to live in the city rather than in rural localities. In 19th-century Britain, industries became concentrated in particular localities. Synonym.

  3. Locality definition: a place, spot, or district, with or without reference to things or persons in it or to occurrences there. See examples of LOCALITY used in a sentence.

  4. The meaning of LOCALITY is the fact or condition of having a location in space or time. How to use locality in a sentence.

  5. noun [ C ] us / loʊˈkæl.ə.t̬i / uk / ləˈkæl.ə.ti / Add to word list. a particular area: Many people are opting to live in the city rather than in rural localities. In 19th-century Britain, industries became concentrated in particular localities. Synonym. neighbourhood UK. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Places and locations. anatopism.

  6. n. pl. lo·cal·i·ties. 1. A particular neighborhood, place, or district: "Localities, even individual villages, developed their own languages" (Wall Street Journal). 2. The fact or quality of having position in space. [French localité, from Late Latin locālitās, from locālis, local; see local .]

  7. You're most likely to come across the word locality in a news story or business report. It's a formal way to talk about a neighborhood or a section of town. The mayor might make a speech about crime in a particular locality, or the prevalence of potholes in another locality.

  8. A locality is a small area of a country or city. Following the accident the president cancelled his visit to the locality. American English : locality / loʊˈkælɪti /