Nearby Words
noun, plural -ties.
1.
the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood: There are no stores in the vicinity of our house.
2.
state or fact of being near; proximity; propinquity: He was troubled by the vicinity of the nuclear testing area.
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Vicinity
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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"
EXPANDis first attested 1796.
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