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

“Rip currents are typically more frequent and stronger in the vicinity of jetties, inlets, and piers.”

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Shortly afterwards, Starlink's parent company SpaceX announced it had deactivated more than 2,500 of its internet receivers "in the vicinity of suspected 'scam centres'" in Myanmar.

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David Robe, 55, had previously denied breaching the peace during the course of his employment by viewing images and videos of naked women in the vicinity of children.

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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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Related Words

• environs 
• neighborhood 
• proximity