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Vicinity

Vicinity Meaning & Definition
Vicinity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Vicinity?

[n] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Vicinity: locality | neighborhood | neighbourhood

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See Also | Latin Quarter | Left Bank | Montmartre | place | proximity | Right Bank | scenery | section

Vicinity In Webster's Dictionary

\Vi*cin"i*ty\ (?; 277), n. [L. vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses, a village; akin to Gr. ? a house, Skr. v??a a house, vi? to enter, Goth. weihs town: cf. OF. vicinit['e]. Cf. {Diocese}, {Economy}, {Parish}, {Vicinage}, {Wick} a village.] 1. The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats. A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers. --Jer. Taylor. 2. That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood. ``The vicinity of the sun.'' --Bentley. Syn: Neighborhood; vicinage. See {Neighborhood}.

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