vicinity
vɪˈsɪnɪti/
noun
noun: vicinity; plural noun: vicinities
- the area near or surrounding a particular place.
"the number of people living in the immediate vicinity
was small"
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synonyms:
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surrounding district, surrounding area, neighborhood,
locality,
locale,
local area, area,
district,
region,
quarter,
sector,
territory,
domain,
place,
zone;
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environs,
surroundings,
surrounds, precincts, purlieus;
informal: this neck of the woods;
technical locus;
rare; vicinage
"many famous writers made their homes in the
vicinity"
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- archaic
proximity in space or relationship.
"the abundance and vicinity of country seats"
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synonyms:
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accessibility, handiness;
rare contiguity,
contiguousness, vicinage
"the forest's vicinity to the dockyards made it a
vital source of timber"
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Origin
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘proximity’): from Latin vicinitas,
from vicinus ‘neighbour’
Ant: Distance; Space; Extent; Range; Span; Reach;
Remoteness; Length; Width.
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