residential area
Noun
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A district where people live;
Occupied primarily by private residences (synset 108571072)is a type of: district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory - a region marked off for administrative or other purposessubtypes:- planned community - a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents
- uptown - a residential part of town away from the central commercial district
- suburb, suburban area, suburbia - a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
- exurbia - a residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia
- tenement district - a residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses
- rabbit warren, warren - an overcrowded residential area
specific instances:- georgetown - a section of northwestern Washington, D.C.
- greenwich village, village - a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century
has:- housing development - a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management
- housing estate - a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time
same as: community, residential district
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