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   Vi·cin·i·ty

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   noun

   • 1. the area near or surrounding a particular place: "the number of people living in the immediate vicinity was small" Similar surrounding districtsurrounding areaneighborhoodlocalitylocalelocal areaareadistrictregionquartersectorterritorydomainplacezoneenvironssurroundingssurroundsprecinctspurlieusinformal:this neck of the woodstechnical:locusrare:vicinage
   • ▪ proximity in space or relationship: "the abundance and vicinity of country seats" Similar nearnessclosenessproximitypropinquityadjacencyjuxtapositionaccessibilityhandinessrare:contiguitycontiguousnessvicinage

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘proximity’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbor’.

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   What does vicinity mean?

   • Middle French vicinité, from Latin vicinitat-, vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, from vicus row of houses, village; akin to Goth weihs village, Old Church Slavonic vĭsĭ, Greek oikos, oikia house 1560, in the meaning defined at sense 3 Get Word of the Day delivered to your inbox! “Vicinity.”

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   What does vicinitas mean?

   • There is no hospital in the immediate vicinity. The police suggested that he leave the vicinity of the property. He usually objected strongly to anyone smoking in his vicinity (= near him). mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘proximity’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbour’.

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   Where did the word vicinity come from?

   • The noun vicinity evolved from the Latin vicinitas, which means “of or pertaining to neighbors or a neighborhood.” Not until 1796 did the word expand in meaning to also describe a “surrounding district.” Said American author Washington Irving, “A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.”

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   What is the plural of vicinities?

   • , plural vi·cin·i·ties. There are no stores in the vicinity of our house. He was troubled by the vicinity of the nuclear testing area. When patients on the floor tested positive, they and all patients in their vicinity needed to be moved to the red zone.

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   Vicinity definition: the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood. See examples of VICINITY used in a sentence.

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   vicinity: 1 n a surrounding or nearby region “the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville” Synonyms: locality , neck of the woods , neighborhood , neighbourhood Examples: show 4 examples... hide 4 examples... Latin Quarter the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life Montmartre the highest ...

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   3 days ago · Vicinity means the area or region near or about a place, or the state or fact of being near. Learn how to use this word in sentences, synonyms, pronunciation, and translations.