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vi⋅cin⋅i⋅ty

  [vi-sin-i-tee]
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–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.
Origin:
1550–60; < L vīcīnitās, equiv. to vīcīn(us) near (vīc(us) wick 3 , neighborhood + -īnus -ine 1 ) + -itās -ity
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vi·cin·i·ty   (vĭ-sĭn'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. vi·cin·i·ties

  1. The state of being near in space or relationship; proximity: two restaurants in close vicinity.

  2. A nearby, surrounding, or adjoining region; a neighborhood.

  3. An approximate degree or amount: houses priced in the vicinity of $200,000.


[Latin vīcīnitās, from vīcīnus, neighboring, from vīcus, neighborhood; see weik-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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