com·mu·ni·ty [kuh-myoo-ni-tee]
noun, plural com·mu·ni·ties.
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a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
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a locality inhabited by such a group
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a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from larger society within which it exists.
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a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage: the community of Western Europe
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