lo·cal·i·ty
noun/ləʊˈkæləti/
/ləʊˈkæləti/
(plural localities)
(formal)- the area that surrounds the place you are in or are talking about
（围绕所处或提及的）地区 - people living in the locality of the power station
居住在发电站周围地区的人 - in the locality There is no airport in the locality.
这个地区没有机场。
- people living in the locality of the power station
- the place where somebody/something exists
（某人或某物存在的）地方，地点 - We talk of the brain as the locality of thought.
我们把进行思维的地方叫作大脑。 - The birds are found in over 70 different localities.
现已发现这种鸟栖息在 70 多个不同的地区。
- We talk of the brain as the locality of thought.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French localité or late Latin localitas, from localis ‘relating to a place’, from Latin locus ‘place’.