vicinity

[vi·cin·i·ty]

If something is in your vicinity, it's in the surrounding area or nearby region it's in the neighborhood, so to speak. If there's a garbage dump in your vicinity, you'll certainly smell it.

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The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.

Noun
a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"


n.
The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.

n.
That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.


Vicinity

Vi*cin"i*ty (?; 277), n. [L. vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses, a village; akin to Gr. a house, Skr. va a house, vi to enter, Goth. weihs town: cf. OF. vicinit'82. Cf. Diocese, Economy, Parish, Vicinage, Wick a village.] 1. The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.
A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers.
2. That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood. "The vicinity of the sun." Bentley. Syn. -- Neighborhood; vicinage. See Neighborhood.

The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.

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Usage Examples

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

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