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vicinity

vi·cin·i·ty [ və sínnətee ] (plural vi·cin·i·ties)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. surrounding region: a neighborhood, or the area surrounding a particular place
The fire threatened to spread, and all the houses in the vicinity had to be evacuated.

2. proximity: the fact of being close either in space or relationship

[Mid-16th century. < Latin vicinitas< vicinus "neighbor" < vicus "village, homestead"]

in the vicinity of 

1. 
close to, neighboring, or surrounding
 

2. 
roughly or approximately


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