vicinity

[vi-sin-i-tee]

noun

plural

vicinities 

1. the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood.

   There are no stores in the vicinity of our house.

2. state or fact of being near; proximity; propinquity.

   He was troubled by the vicinity of the nuclear testing area.

vicinity

/ vɪˈsɪnɪtɪ /

noun

1. a surrounding, adjacent, or nearby area; neighbourhood

2. the fact or condition of being close in space or relationship

Word History and Origins

Origin of vicinity¹

1550–60; < Latin vīcīnitās, equivalent to vīcīn ( us ) near ( vīc ( us ) wick ³, neighborhood + -īnus -ine ¹ ) + -itās -ity

Word History and Origins

Origin of vicinity¹

C16: from Latin vīcīnitās, from vīcīnus neighbouring, from vīcus village

Example Sentences

In a phone interview with Salon, she said that the vicinity around where he was found was dark and relatively empty aside from the police presence.

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Russia has regularly denied targeting residential areas, but maps of the city show no obvious military targets in the immediate vicinity of the kindergarten, and the Ukrainian government certainly spoke of it as deliberate.

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“Nevertheless, we still view U.S. Treasuries to be within the vicinity of fair value,” the senior investment strategist says.

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Organizers have been sending out the tiny plastic alarm systems by the thousands to residents who want to alert others when immigration agents are in the vicinity.

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A drone attack struck the vicinity of Khartoum International Airport early Tuesday, one day before Sudanese authorities were due to reopen the facility for domestic flights for the first time in over two years.

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Related Words

• environs 
• neighborhood 
• proximity