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# locality

noun (a locality, localities)

«locality» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) An area or neighbourhood; the place around a particular point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locality/#m1)
2. The exact place where something is found or happens, for example where a rock or plant was found. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locality/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locality/#x1)
- We drew a map of our locality in geography. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locality/#x2)
- The fossil was found in a locality near the coast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locality/#x3)
- Residents of the locality complained about the noise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locality/#x4)
- Is there a library in this locality? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locality/#x5)
- The police searched the immediate locality. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locality/#x6)
- The plant grows only in one small locality. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locality/#x7)
- Our locality has a park, a shop and a bus stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locality/#x8)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locality/#x9)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/locality/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/locality/#x2)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «locality» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locality/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«locality» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/locality.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «locality» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/locality/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«locality» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/locality.html) on Mova free.