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vi·cin·i·ty  (v-sn-t)
n. pl. vi·cin·i·ties
1. The state of being near in space or relationship; proximity: two restaurants in close vicinity.
2. A nearby, surrounding, or adjoining region; a neighborhood.
3. An approximate degree or amount: houses priced in the vicinity of $200,000.

[Latin vcnits, from vcnus, neighboring, from vcus, neighborhood; see weik-1 in Indo-European roots.]

vicinity [viss-in-it-ee]
Noun
the area immediately surrounding a place [Latin vicinus neighbouring]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.vicinityvicinity - a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"
gold coast - a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area; "Chicago's gold coast is along Lake Michigan"
'hood - (slang) a neighborhood
place - a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago"
proximity - the region close around a person or thing
scenery - the appearance of a place
section - a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"

vicinity
noun neighbourhood, area, district, precincts, locality, environs, neck of the woods (informal) purlieus
Translations
vicinity [vɪˈsɪnɪtɪ] n (= area) → vecindad f (= nearness); proximidad f;
in the vicinity (of) → cercano (a)

vicinity [vɪˈsɪnɪtɪ] nenvirons mpl, alentours mpl

vicinity [vɪˈsɪnɪtɪ] n in the vicinity (of) → in der Nähe or Umgebung (+gen)

vicinity [vɪˈsɪnɪtɪ] nvicinanze fpl

vicinity
n vicinity [viˈsinəti]
a neighbourhood or local area Are there any cinemas in the/this vicinity? omgewing جِوار، منطِقَه مُجاوِرَه околност okolí nærhed die Nachbarschaft, die Umgebung γειτονιά, περιοχή vecindad, proximidad, inmediaciones naabrus محله؛ محدوده lähiympäristö voisinage בַּסבִיבָה अड़ोस-पड़ोस okolica szomszédság lingkungan nágrenni vicinato 近所 근처, 부근 kaimynystė, artuma apkārtne; apkaime kawasan sekitar buurt nabolag, nærhet, omegn okolica vizinhança vecinătate окрестность okolie bližnja okolica blizina närhet, grannskap, omgivning บริเวณใกล้เคียง civar, çevre 鄰近 близькість; сусідство مضافات، اطراف vùng lân cận


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Soon, other evidences of our vicinity to the land were apparent, and it was not long before the glad announcement of its being in sight was heard from aloft,--given with that peculiar prolongation of sound that a sailor loves--'Land ho
In accordance with this rule it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of Boston had built the first prison-house somewhere in the Vicinity of Cornhill, almost as seasonably as they marked out the first burial-ground, on Isaac Johnson's lot, and round about his grave, which subsequently became the nucleus of all the congregated sepulchres in the old churchyard of King's Chapel.
Had Tom Swift's giant cannon been discharged somewhere in the vicinity of his home it could have caused but little more astonishment to Mr.
 
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