a neighbourhood or area the site or scene of an event the fact or condition of having a location or position in space
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lo•cal•i•ty /loʊˈkælɪti/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -ties.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a specific place or area;
location:They moved to another locality.
lo•cal•i•ty
(lō kal′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties.
- a place, spot, or district, with or without reference to things or persons in it or to occurrences there:They moved to another locality.
- the state or fact of being local or having a location:the locality that every material object must have.
- Late Latin locālitās. See local, -ity
- 1620–30
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- Hanford
- Koobi Fora
- NIMBY
- Ras Shamra
- accent
- area
- autochthonous
- back yard
- carpetbagger
- cemetery
- chapter
- colony
- community
- commuter tax
- cross-ownership
- customary
- delocalize
- deurbanize
- diggings
- disaster area
- district
- drive-by
- drive-through
- enterprise zone
- enzootic
- epidemic
- geocode
- here
- home ground
- homeboy
- identity
- jacobsite
- kith
- local
- locale
- localism
- localite
- localize
- locate
- locus
- maund
- melting pot
- miner's inch
- morbidity
- neck