vicinity

[ vi-sin-i-tee ]
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noun,plural vi·cin·i·ties.
  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.

Origin of vicinity

1
1550–60; <Latin vīcīnitās, equivalent to vīcīn(us) near (vīc(us) wick3, neighborhood + -īnus-ine1) + -itās-ity

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vicinity

/ (vɪˈsɪnɪtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. a surrounding, adjacent, or nearby area; neighbourhood

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

Origin of vicinity

1
C16: from Latin vīcīnitās, from vīcīnus neighbouring, from vīcus village

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