neighbours

3 definitions • 5 examples

someone who lives very close to you:

Some of the neighbours have complained about the noise from our party.

Have you met Pat, my next-door neighbour?

a country that is next to another country:

The relationship between Scotland and its southern neighbour (= England) has not always been peaceful.

(of a place) to be next to or near to another place:

The Republic of Korea is neighboured by China to the west, Japan to the east, and North Korea to the north.

The hotel is close to St. Mark's Square but also neighbours the less frequented old quarter of Venice.