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111neighborhood — noun 1) a quiet neighborhood Syn: district, area, locality, locale, quarter, community; part, region, zone; informal neck of the woods, hood, nabe, stomping ground, stamping ground 2) in the neighborhood of Greensboro …
112outskirts — plural noun they live in the outskirts of Youngstown Syn: outlying districts, edges, fringes, suburbs, suburbia, bedroom community, commutershed; purlieus, borders, environs …
113circle — n 1. disk, round, roundlet, roundel, wheel; ring, band, hoop, cordon, annulus; crown, coronet, diadem, halo, corona, aureole, wreath, garland; belt, Archaic. cincture, girth, cestus, baldric, cummerbund, sash; collar, necklace, neckband, fillet;… …
114department — n 1. division, section, compartment, segment; group, head, class; branch, subdivision, bureau, office, agency. 2. region, territory, province, state, (in the Soviet Union) oblast; shire, county, duchy, wapentake, canton; ward, diocese, parish;… …
115entourage — n 1. attendance, train, retinue, cortege, suite, court, following, followers; escort, bodyguard, convoy, staff, attendants. 2. environment, environs, surroundings, circumstances, ambience; milieu, purlieus, ambit, precincts …
116environs — n outskirts, suburbs, faubourgs, purlieus, Fr. banlieue. precincts; surroundings, circumjacencies; vicinage, vicinity, neighborhood, Fr. alentours. street, district; exurbs, Sl. boonies, city limits, outer limits …
117locality — n 1. place, locale, site, situs, stead, Latin, locus, Fr. Hew. sport, point, position, Law. venue, scene of the crime, scene, setting; quarter, zone, pale, area, division; region, territory, realm, province, shire, county; neighborhood, district …
118location — n 1. residence, settlement, base, colony; quarter, zone, pale, area, division; region, territory, realm, province, shire, county, bailiwick; neighborhood, district, section, precinct, township; diocese, parish, ward, bishopric; neck of the woods …
119milieu — n environment, sphere, medium, element, condition; ambience, atmosphere, air, aura, climate, tone, feeling, spirit; background, setting, backdrop, scene, stage; arena, locale, field, ground, theatre; surroundings, environs, vicinity, precincts,… …
120part — n 1. portion, division, majority, proportion; department, compartment, branch, group, subgroup, species, family; piece, parcel, fragment, fraction, can tie; section, sector, segment, subdivision, detail, detachment; constituent, component,… …
