vicinity
noun/vəˈsɪnəti/
/vəˈsɪnəti/
usually the vicinity
[usually singular] (plural vicinities)
(rather formal)- the area around a particular place
- in the vicinity (of something) Crowds gathered in the vicinity of Trafalgar Square.
- There is no hospital in the immediate vicinity.
Extra Examples- The police suggested that he leave the vicinity of the property.
- He usually objected strongly to anyone smoking in his vicinity (= near him).
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘proximity’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbour’.
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