neck of the woods

English

See neck (“narrow tract of land”) or from Algonquian naiack ("point" or "corner").[1][2]

neck of the woods (plural necks of the woods)

(idiomatic) A local neighbourhood or region.
(idiomatic) A place or field in which one is comfortable or with which one is familiar.

a local neighbourhood or region

Greek: μέρη (el) n pl (méri), περιοχή (el) f (periochí), γειτονιά (el) f (geitoniá)
Icelandic: hérað n, slóðir (is) n pl, (in my neck of the woods) þar sem ég bý (is), (in my neck of the woods) þar sem ég er upprunninn m, (in this neck of the woods) hér um slóðir
Russian: края (ru) m pl (kraja)

Bill Bryson (1994) MADE IN AMERICA, Seeker & Warburg, page 29
William Safire (1996) “Quo Lingua?”, in The New York Times Magazine Sept. 29, 1996‎

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