vizinhança

Portuguese

Etymology

Vizinho (“neighbour”) +‎ -ança (“-ance”), from Old Portuguese vizinno, vezinno, from Latin vīcīnus (“neighbour”), from vicus (“quarter; village”), from Proto-Indo-European *weiḱ- (“to settle; settlement, tribe”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.zi.ˈɲɐ̃.sa/, /ˌvi.zi.ˈɲɐ̃.sɐ/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.zi.ˈɲɐ̃.sɐ/, /vi.zi.ˈɲɐ̃.sɐ/
Hyphenation: vi‧zi‧nhan‧ça

Noun

vizinhança f (plural vizinhanças)

neighborhood (close proximity, particularly in reference to home)
neighborhood (inhabitants in the close proximity)
(uncountable) the relationship between neighbours
surroundings (area surrounding something)
(uncountable) proximity or contiguity

Synonyms

(close proximity): bairro, paróquia (Brazil, humorous), quarteirão, vizinidade
(inhabitants in the close proximity): bairro, vizinhada
(surroundings): See Thesaurus:arredores
(proximity or contiguity): contiguidade, proximidade

Antonyms

(proximity or contiguity): afastamento, distância, longinquidade

Derived terms

circunvizinhança
política da boa vizinhança

Related terms

vicinal
vicinalidade
vizinhada
vizinhal

vizinhar
vizinheiro
vizinho

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