"neck of the woods" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-neck of the woods.ogg [Australia] Forms: necks of the woods [plural]
Etymology: See neck (“narrow tract of land”) or from Algonquian naiack ("point" or "corner"). Etymology templates: {{m|en|neck||narrow tract of land}} neck (“narrow tract of land”) Head templates: {{en-noun|necks of the woods}} neck of the woods (plural necks of the woods)
  1. (idiomatic) A local neighbourhood or region. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: up someone's alley, right up someone's alley Translations (a local neighbourhood or region): μέρη (méri) [neuter, plural] (Greek), περιοχή (periochí) [feminine] (Greek), γειτονιά (geitoniá) [feminine] (Greek), hérað [neuter] (Icelandic), slóðir [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), þar sem ég bý (note: in my neck of the woods) (Icelandic), þar sem ég er upprunninn (note: in my neck of the woods) [masculine] (Icelandic), hér um slóðir (note: in this neck of the woods) (Icelandic), края (kraja) [masculine, plural] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-neck_of_the_woods-en-noun-m8fT9gdF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'a local neighbourhood or region': 100 0
  2. (idiomatic) A place or field in which one is comfortable or with which one is familiar. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-neck_of_the_woods-en-noun-gQuO4wZl

Inflected forms

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