English noun: residential area | |||
| 1. | residential area (location) a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences | ||
| Synonyms | community, residential district | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | exurbia, planned community, rabbit warren, suburb, suburban area, suburbia, tenement district, uptown, warren | ||
| Instance hyponym | Georgetown, Greenwich Village, Village | ||
| Part holonym | housing development, housing estate | ||