The farmer that lived nearby came to investigate.
Source: tatoeba (18672)
Nearby
//ˌnɪə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ//
Synonyms for "nearby" (70 found)
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Related words (35)
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Translations
112 translations across 52 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- afër adj (adjacent)
- afër adv (close to)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- ἐγγύς adj (adjacent)
- πέλας adv (close to)
- ἄγχι adv (close to)
- ἐγγύς adv (close to)
Assamese
2 entries- আশে-পাশে adv (close to)
- ওচৰে-পাঁজৰে adv (close to)
Basque
1 entries- hurbil adj (adjacent)
Breton
1 entries- e-kichen adj (adjacent)
Bulgarian
3 entries- близък adj (adjacent)
- съседен adj (adjacent)
- наблизо adv (close to)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- affaccu adj (adjacent)
Catalan
4 entries- proper adj (adjacent)
- pròxim adj (adjacent)
- a la vora adv (close to)
- a prop adv (close to)
Chamicuro
1 entries- a'lotsi'ta adv (close to)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 近 adj (adjacent)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 近 adj (adjacent)
- 在附近 adv (close to)
Czech
1 entries- blízko adv (close to)
Dutch
3 entries- dichtbij adj (adjacent)
- dichtbij adv (close to)
- nabij adv (close to)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- лишыл adj (adjacent)
Esperanto
2 entries- apuda adj (adjacent)
- apude adv (close to)
Finnish
3 entries- lähellä adj (adjacent)
- lähellä adv (close to)
- lähistöllä adv (close to)
French
2 entries- proche adj (adjacent)
- à proximité adv (close to)
Gallurese
1 entries- accultu adj (adjacent)
German
4 entries- nahe gelegen adj (adjacent)
- in der Nähe adv (close to)
- nah adv (close to)
- nebenan adv (close to)
Gheg Albanian
1 entries- skej adj (adjacent)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌽𐌴𐍈 adj (adjacent)
Greek
2 entries- κοντινός adj (adjacent)
- κοντά adv (close to)
Hindi
3 entries- निकट adj (adjacent)
- पास adv (close to)
- पास में adv (close to)
Hungarian
1 entries- közeli adj (adjacent)
Irish
2 entries- in aice láimhe adv (close to)
- in aice láithreach adv (close to)
Italian
2 entries- accanto adj (adjacent)
- vicino (a) adv (close to)
Japanese
1 entries- 近くに adv (close to)
Khmer
2 entries- ក្បែរ adj (adjacent)
- ក្បែរ adv (close to)
Korean
1 entries- 가까이에 adv (close to)
Latin
3 entries- propinquus adj (adjacent)
- iuxtā adv (close to)
- prope adv (close to)
Lithuanian
1 entries- arti adv (close to)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- blisko adv (close to)
Malagasy
1 entries- akaiky adj (adjacent)
Malayalam
4 entries- സമീപത്തെ adj (adjacent)
- അടുത്ത് adv (close to)
- അരികെ adv (close to)
- സമീപം adv (close to)
Māori
4 entries- maruatata adj (adjacent)
- pahaki adj (adjacent)
- pātata adj (adjacent)
- pahaki adv (close to)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nærliggende adj (adjacent)
Ojibwe
1 entries- besho adv (close to)
Polish
2 entries- pobliski adj (adjacent)
- blisko adv (close to)
Portuguese
3 entries- próximo adj (adjacent)
- por perto adv (close to)
- próximo adv (close to)
Russian
4 entries- бли́зко adv (close to)
- неподалёку adv (close to)
- побли́зости adv (close to)
- ря́дом adv (close to)
Sardinian
1 entries- affacca adj (adjacent)
Sassarese
1 entries- accostu adj (adjacent)
Scots
1 entries- naurby adj (adjacent)
Slovak
4 entries- blízky adj (adjacent)
- vedľajší adj (adjacent)
- blízko adv (close to)
- nablízku adv (close to)
Spanish
4 entries- cercano adj (adjacent)
- concercano adj (adjacent)
- próximo adj (adjacent)
- cerca adv (close to)
Sundanese
2 entries- dengket adj (adjacent)
- dengket adv (close to)
Swedish
4 entries- i närheten adj (adjacent)
- nära adj (adjacent)
- i närheten adv (close to)
- nära adv (close to)
Tocharian B
2 entries- akarte adv (close to)
- ispek adv (close to)
Urdu
2 entries- پاس adv (close to)
- پاس میں adv (close to)
Vietnamese
4 entries- bên cạnh đó adj (adjacent)
- gần adj (adjacent)
- bên cạnh adv (close to)
- gần adv (close to)
Volapük
2 entries- nilik adj (adjacent)
- nilo adv (close to)
Welsh
3 entries- agos adj (adjacent)
- gerllaw adv (close to)
- yn ymyl adv (close to)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
We could hear the donnnng ... donnnng of the church bells nearby.
Source: tatoeba (18732)
There is a hospital nearby.
Source: tatoeba (18733)
There is a shopping area nearby.
Source: tatoeba (18734)
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