noun

en ort

locality · place

En plats där människor bor eller finns, som en stad eller by.

Place or locality: a town, village, or other populated place, especially when referring to its location rather than its size.
The suburbs, in the definite form orten: slang for a suburb or neighborhood, often one on the outskirts of a larger city.
Locus, in mathematics: a set of points satisfying a particular condition.

Ort is an en-word: en ort, orten, plural orter.

The word originally meant “point” or “tip” and is related to German Ort, meaning “place.”

plats — “place”; broader than ort and can refer to almost any location.
samhälle — “community” or “settlement”; emphasizes the people and community rather than just the location.
stad — “town” or “city”; more specific than ort, which can also be a village.

There is no general direct antonym.

på annan ort [?](vocabuo://word/på annan ort) — in another town or locality.
hemort — home town or place of residence.
mindre ort [?](vocabuo://word/mindre ort) — a small town or locality.

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Vår ort ligger vid en sjö.noun

Our locality is situated by a lake.

Min familj reser ofta till en ort vid havet.noun

My family often travels to a place by the sea.

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