Synonyms: Adjoining,adjacent,bordering all mean near or close to something. Adjoining implies touching, having a common point or line: an adjoining yard. Adjacent implies being nearby or next to something else: all the adjacent houses; adjacent angles. Bordering means having a common boundary with something: the farm bordering on the river.
ad·join (ə-join') v.
ad·joined, ad·join·ing, ad·joins
v.
tr.
To be next to; be contiguous to: property that adjoins ours.
To attach: "I do adjoin a copy of the letter that I have received"(John Fowles).
v.
intr. To be contiguous.
[Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, ajoin-, from Latin adiungere, to join to : ad-, ad- + iungere, to join; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]
[uh-joi-ning] 
nɪŋ