"neighbourhood" meaning in English

See neighbourhood in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: En-us-neighbourhood.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-neighbourhood.wav [Southern-England] Forms: neighbourhoods [plural]
Etymology: neighbour + -hood Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|neighbour|hood}} neighbour + -hood Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} neighbourhood (countable and uncountable, plural neighbourhoods)
  1. (British spelling) alternative form of neighborhood Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: neighborhood Derived forms: gay neighbourhood, in the neighbourhood of, Margolus neighbourhood, Moore neighbourhood, there goes the neighbourhood, von Neumann neighbourhood
    Sense id: en-neighbourhood-en-noun--JvsXu4K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -hood

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