locality

UK/ləʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/US/loʊˈkæl.ɪ.ti/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,714 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: localities

A locality is the particular area a place sits in. In the locality, the immediate locality, a rural locality.

It is the formal word of planning notices and police appeals, where in the locality means nearby without naming a boundary. In natural history a type locality is the exact place a species was first collected.

Definitions of locality

1nounlocalityThe particular area a place sits in.B2+
“The new factory will create jobs for people in the locality.”

locality is an area.

Where it comes from

Latin localitas comes from locus, a place.

French
localité
English, today
locality

From French localité, from Latin - localitas, equivalent to local + ity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

locality in the wild

Temporal locality refers to the reuse of specific data and/or resources within a relatively small time duration.
Locality of reference
Spatial locality (also termed data locality) refers to the use of data elements within relatively close storage locations.
Locality of reference
In physics, the principle of locality states that an object is influenced directly only by its immediate surroundings.
Principle of locality
A theory that includes the principle of locality is said to be a "local theory".
Principle of locality
The official term in English used by Statistics Sweden is, however, "locality" (Swedish: ort).
Urban areas in Sweden

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Related words

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