What part of speech is "Here"?

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Merriam-webster's definition for here/there as a noun is "here"=this place, and "here" as an adverb "here"=to/in this place ; at this location.
In this sentence: "He's living around here".
What part of speech is the word "here"?
He's living around London. At this point of view, "here" acts like a noun.
He's living around to this place. It doesn't seem natural.....
Besides that, if "around" works like a preposition, I think I could not use here as an adverb. But every dictionary defines "here" as an adverb.
HELP ME! I speak Portuguese, these concepts are really difficult for me.

user392935 · Answer

If you check any good dictionary, "here" is listed as an adverb as well as a noun.
In your sentence, "here" is a noun (meaning THIS PLACE), and acts as the object of the preposition "around". That's why you can easily switch from "here" to "London" (no pun intended!).
If you try switching the two words in the sentence "Stop here", you can't. Why? You guessed it right. Because "here" here functions as an adverb, and not as a noun. Of course, this is not to say that nouns cannot follow verbs in sentences. They can and they do. But then they are the objects of the verbs, not adverbs. I hope I was able to drive home the point.

What part of speech is "Here"?

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