locality

Everyday

1. (formal) An area or neighbourhood; the place around a particular point. tree →
2. The exact place where something is found or happens, for example where a rock or plant was found. tree →

In the lessons

A formal word used in geography, science reports and official texts. Geography lessons ask about «the local area» or «your locality»: its shops, parks and roads. In science, a «locality» is where a sample, fossil or animal was found. Everyday talk uses «area» or «neighbourhood» instead. Phrases: in the locality, the immediate locality.

Examples

• There are three schools in the locality. tree →
• We drew a map of our locality in geography. tree →
• The fossil was found in a locality near the coast. tree →
• Residents of the locality complained about the noise. tree →
• Is there a library in this locality? tree →
• The police searched the immediate locality. tree →
• The plant grows only in one small locality. tree →
• Our locality has a park, a shop and a bus stop. tree →
• They therefore attribute more importance than I to the exact form in which it is found and restrict it to the locality of birth. tree →

Note

Countable: localities. Formal: in casual talk say «area», «neighbourhood» or «round here». Related: local (adjective), locate (verb), location (noun). Stress: lo-CAL-i-ty.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah says the seven double letters match seven directions: up, down, east, west, north, south, and the holy Palace in the center that holds everything. It is a mystical map of the world. In the primary lessons: A formal word used in geography, science reports and official texts. Geography lessons ask about «the local area» or «your locality»: its shops, parks and roads. In science, a «locality» is where a sample, fossil or animal was found. Everyday talk uses «area» or «neighbourhood» instead. Phrases: in the locality, the immediate locality.

Examples

• These Seven Double Letters point out seven localities; Above, Below, East, West, North, South, and the Palace of Holiness in the midst of them sustaining all things. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• These Seven Double Letters point out seven localities ; Above, Below, East, West, North, South, and the Palace of HoHness in the midst of them sus- taining all things. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

Countable: localities. Formal: in casual talk say «area», «neighbourhood» or «round here». Related: local (adjective), locate (verb), location (noun). Stress: lo-CAL-i-ty.