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vicinity

vi·ci·nity

UK/vɪˈsɪnɪti/ US/vəˈsɪnəti/ fairly common

noun

1.

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”
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Origin

From vicine + -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from vīcīnus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from vīcus (“village”).

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