vicinity
noun
the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood.
vicinities
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pluralof vicinity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, said that 116 Ukrainians had been released — including “defenders of Mariupol, Kherson partisans, snipers from Bakhmut vicinities, and other heroes.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2023
The team also prepared training sessions and webinars available to schools to help them identify potential hazards in their vicinities and structural weaknesses in their buildings.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2021
The community is virtually invisible, with most people working in meat-producing factories in the vicinities while those in town keep an extremely low profile.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2018
Antiquities trafficking is ongoing, but to a lesser degree thanks to strict security measures at historical sites and their vicinities.
From US News ● Apr. 5, 2016
This done, or this left not done, you strike off leftward, that is northward, in some open vehicle, for survey of Torgau and its vicinities and environs.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle
