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vic⋅i⋅nage

[vis-uh-nij]
–noun
1. the region near or about a place; vicinity.
2. a particular neighborhood or district, or the people belonging to it.
3. proximity.

Origin:
1275–1325; < L vīcīn(us) near (see vicinity ) + -age; r. ME vesinage < MF < L, as above
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vic·i·nage   (vĭs'ə-nĭj)   
n.  
    1. A limited region around a particular area; a vicinity.

    2. A number of places situated near each other and considered as a group.

  1. The residents of a particular neighborhood.

  2. The state of living in a neighborhood; proximity.


[Middle English vesinage, from Old French, from vesin, neighboring, from Latin vīcīnus; see vicinity.]
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Main Entry: vic·i·nage
Pronunciation: 'vis-&n-ij
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French veisinage neighborhood, from veisin neighboring, from Old French, from Latin vicinus
: a particular vicinity or district: as a : the district in which a crime takes place and from which the accused is entitled to have an impartial jury selected as required by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution b in the civil law of Louisiana : the neighborhood in which one is obligated not to cause material injury to others (as by a nuisance) in the free exercise of rights of ownership in immovable property vicinage are legal servitudes imposed on the owner of property —Rodrigue v. Copeland, 475 So. Second 1071 (1985)>
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