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neighborhood
What does neighborhood mean?
neighborhood (noun): the residential area near one's home.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce neighborhood?
/ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does neighborhood come from?
From an alteration of earlier neighborred (“neighborhood”), from Middle English neȝeburredde, neheborreden, equivalent to neighbor + -red.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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