Microneighborhood

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A very small urban neighborhood, usually extending the length of a city block or smaller. US

    "Occasionally the resultant microneighborhood was a single block; more often it was part of one block plus the face of the block across the street. Or it might be both sides of a street for several blocks."

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"Occasionally the resultant microneighborhood was a single block; more often it was part of one block plus the face of the block across the street. Or it might be both sides of a street for several blocks."

Etymology

From micro- + neighborhood.

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