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Environs

Environs Meaning & Definition
Environs Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Environs?

[n] the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Environs: environment | surround | surroundings

Related Terms | Find terms related to Environs: airspace | alentours | ambience | ambit | approach | approximation | area | belt | borderlands | boundary | bounds | circle | circuit | circumambiencies | circumjacencies | circumstances | closeness | compass | confines | context | continental shelf | convergence | corridor | country | department | district | division | entourage | environing circumstances | environment | foreground | fringes | gestalt | ground | habitat | heartland | hinterland | immediacy | immediate foreground | land | limits | locality | milieu | nearness | neighborhood | nighness | offshore rights | outposts | outskirts | part | parts | perimeter | periphery | place | precinct | precincts | premises | propinquity | proximity | purlieus | quarter | region | salient | section | situation | soil | space | suburbs | surroundings | terrain | territory | three-mile limit | total environment | twelve-mile limit | vicinage | vicinity | zone

See Also | ambiance | ambience | element | geographic area | geographic region | geographical area | geographical region | habitat | medium | melting pot | parts | scene | setting

Environs In Webster's Dictionary

\En*vi"rons\ (?; 277), n. pl. [F.] The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. --Chesterfield.

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