locality
pronunciation
How to pronounce locality in British English:
UK [ləʊˈkæləti]
How to pronounce locality in American English:
US [loʊˈkæləti]
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- Noun:
- a surrounding or nearby region
Word Origin
- locality (n.)
- 1620s, "fact of having a place," from French localité, from Late Latin localitatem (nominative localitas) "locality," from localis "belonging to a place" (see local). Meaning "a place or district" is from 1830.
Example
- 1. Generally each locality has its own favorite chain .
- 2. But some are now asking whether marketing an australian wine 's locality , as much as its grape variety , might not work better .
- 3. And none of them in style or structural substance ever bore any respectful relationship to their locality .
- 4. The optimal partition size can also be dependent on the hardware memory architecture , and there are often tradeoffs between data locality and algorithmic efficiency .
- 5. Moreover , autor notes , when a large manufacturer closes its doors , " it does not simply affect an industry , but affects a whole locality . "