locality

lo·cal·i·ty

noun

pl. -·ties

position with regard to surrounding objects, landmarks, etc.: a sense of locality
a place; district; neighborhood

Origin of locality

French localité from Late Latin localitis: see local

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locality

noun

pl. lo·cal·i·ties

A particular neighborhood, place, or district: “Localities, even individual villages, developed their own languages” ( Wall Street Journal )
The fact or quality of having position in space.

Origin of locality

French localité from Late Latin locālitās from locālis local ; see local .

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Noun

(plural localities)

The fact or quality of having a position in space.
plural The features or surroundings of a particular place.
The situation or position of an object.
An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
Limitation to a county, district, or place.
locality of trial
(dated, phrenology) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.

Origin

From Latin localitas.

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Objects produced in one locality are found in others.
Setting aside London and Edinburgh, no locality in the British Isles is so intimately associated with the history of English literature as the Lake District.
The locality and the position of our troops were known to him as far as they could be known to anyone in our army.
With the exception of Parmesan, Gorgonzola, La Fontina and Gruyre, most of the Italian cheese is consumed in the locality of its production.
Animal diet implies the greatest variety with regard to locality and the modes of procuring the food.

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