vizinhança
Portuguese
Etymology
From vizinho (“neighbour”) + -ança (“-ance”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.zĩˈɲɐ̃.sɐ/ [vi.zĩˈj̃ɐ̃.sɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.ziˈɲɐ̃.sa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vi.ziˈɲɐ̃.sɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.ziˈɲɐ̃.sɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨ.zɨˈɲɐ̃.sɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨ.zɨˈɲɐ̃.sɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
- Hyphenation: vi‧zi‧nhan‧ça
Noun
vizinhança f (plural vizinhanças)
- neighborhood (close proximity, particularly in reference to home)
- neighborhood (inhabitants in the close proximity)
- Synonyms: bairro, vizinhada
- (uncountable) the relationship between neighbours
- surroundings (area surrounding something)
- (uncountable) proximity or contiguity
- Synonyms: contiguidade, proximidade
- Antonyms: afastamento, distância, longinquidade
- (topology) neighborhood
Synonyms
- (close proximity): bairro, paróquia (Brazil, humorous), quarteirão, vizinidade
- (surroundings): See Thesaurus:arredores
Derived terms
- circunvizinhança
- política da boa vizinhança