vicinity

noun, plural vi·cin·i·ties.

the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood: There are no stores in the vicinity of our house.

state or fact of being near; proximity; propinquity: He was troubled by the vicinity of the nuclear testing area.

Origin:
1550–60; < Latin vīcīnitās, equivalent to vīcīn(us) near (vīc(us) wick³, neighborhood + -īnus -ine¹) + -itās -ity

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vicinity (vɪˈsɪnɪtɪ)

—n , pl -ties
1.	a surrounding, adjacent, or nearby area; neighbourhood
2.	the fact or condition of being close in space or relationship

[C16: from Latin vīcīnitās, from vīcīnus neighbouring, from vīcus village]

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Word Origin & History

vicinity

1560, "nearness in place," from L. vicinitas "of or pertaining to neighbors or a neighborhood," from vicinus "neighbor, neighboring," from vicus "group of houses, village," related to the -wick, -wich in Eng. place names, from PIE *weik- (see villa). Meaning "surrounding district"

is first attested 1796.

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Example sentences

The vicinity is still agrarian, and breakfast eggs and fruit will have been

delivered that morning by a local farmer.

If you live in the immediate vicinity of the convention center, it's a safe bet

that you'll find your cell service intermittent.

But consumers are testing the brand's vehicles far beyond the vicinity of any

dealership.

He expects the success of the ants to cut down the species diversity of the

rodents in the vicinity of the feeders.

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"When I converse with a profound mind, or if at any time being alone I have good thoughts, I do not at once arrive at satisfactions, as when, being thirsty, I drink water, or go to the fire, being cold: no! but I am first apprised of my vicinity to a new and excellent region of life. By persisting to read or to think, this region gives further sign of itself, as it were in flashes of light, in sudden discoveries of its profound beauty and repose, as if the clouds that covered it parted at intervals, and showed the approaching traveller the inland mountains, with the tranquil eternal meadows spread at their base, whereon flocks graze, and shepherds pipe and dance."

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