| Main Entry: | locale/locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical setting |
Synonyms: |
area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, locus, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, stomping ground, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone |
| Main Entry: | locale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting |
Synonyms: |
area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, locality, location, locus, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, stomping ground, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone |
| Notes: | a location is a place, a locality is an area within a place, and a locale is a place regarded as an environment |
| Main Entry: | district |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | geographical area |
Synonyms: |
commune, community, department, locale, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, parish, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, stomping ground, territory, turf*, vicinage, vicinity, ward |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
Synonyms: |
ambiance, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
| Main Entry: | habitat/habitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where someone resides |
Synonyms: |
abode, accommodations, address, apartment, berth, biosphere, cave, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, den, digs, domicile, dwelling, element, environment, fireside, flat, haunt*, haven, hearth, hole*, home, home plate, homestead, house, housing, locale, locality, lodging, neck of the woods, nest, nook, occupancy, occupation, pad, place, quarters, range, residence, residency, roof*, roost, seat*, settlement, site, stamping ground, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf |
| Main Entry: | location |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of residence or activity |
Synonyms: |
area, bearings, district, fix*, hole, locale, locality, locus, neck of the woods, neighborhood, part, point, position, post, region, scene, section, site, situation, spot, station, tract, turf, venue, whereabouts |
| Main Entry: | milieu |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment, atmosphere |
Synonyms: |
ambience, ambient, background, bag, climate, element, locale, location, medium, mise-en-scène, nabe, neighborhood, place, scene, setting, space, sphere, surroundings, turf |
| Main Entry: | neighborhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community, surroundings |
Synonyms: |
adjacency, area, block, closeness, confines, contiguity, district, environs, ghetto, hood, jungle*, locale, locality, nearness, neck of the woods, parish, part, precinct, propinquity, proximity, purlieus, quarter, region, section, slum, stomping ground, street, suburb, territory, tract, turf, vicinage, vicinity, ward, zone, zoo |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | location with purpose, function |
Synonyms: |
abode, accommodation, apartment, area, berth, city, community, compass, corner, country, distance, district, domicile, dwelling, field, habitat, hamlet, hangout, hole*, home, house, joint, latitude, lay, locale, locality, locus, longitude, neighborhood, niche, nook, pad, part, plant, point, position, property, quarter, region, reservation, residence, room, seat, section, site, situation, spot, station, stead, suburb, town, venue, vicinity, village, volume, whereabouts, zone |
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical place |
Synonyms: |
area, bearings, district, environment, fix, geography, ground, locale, locality, location, locus, point, post, reference, region, scene, seat, setting, site, situation, space, spot, stand, station, surroundings, topography, tract, whereabouts |