Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The fact or quality of having a position in space.

    Räumlichkeit

  2. (countable, uncountable)The features or surroundings of a particular place.

    a rural locality

    Gegend, Örtlichkeit

  3. (uncountable)The condition of being local.

    Lokalität

  4. (countable, uncountable)The situation or position of an object.

    Ort, Lage, örtliche Lage

  5. (countable, uncountable)An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.

    Gegend, Viertel, nähere Umgebung

  6. (countable, uncountable)Limitation to a county, district, or place.

    Ortsbezogenheit, örtliche Zuständigkeit

  7. (countable, uncountable)A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village

    Ortschaft

    населённый пунктnaseljónnyj punkt

    насе́лений пунктnasélenyj punkt

  8. (countable, uncountable)The property or condition of a physical system adhering to the principle of locality.

  9. (countable, dated, uncountable)The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.

More definitions
  • a surrounding or nearby region

Examples

8 sentences
  1. I know both the localities very well.

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  2. The locality does not count for much in Japan.

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  3. An aguish climate made inhabitants travel to healthier localities.

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  4. A demonym is the name or term for the residents of a particular locality.

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  5. My locality is a nexus for occidental and oriental interplay, which is abundant in emotional undulations.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
built-up area (city, town or village):
Русский
By meaning 1
built-up area (city, town or village):
Deutsch
By meaning 7
fact or quality of having a position in space:
features or surroundings of a particular place:
maths, computing: condition of being local:
situation or position of an object:
site of certain activity, neighbourhood:
limitation to a county, district, or place:
built-up area (city, town or village):

Origin

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

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

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