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| vi·cin·i·ty [ və sínnətee ] (plural vi·cin·i·ties) |
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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.
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2. proximity: the fact of being close either in space or relationship
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| [Mid-16th century. < Latin vicinitas< vicinus "neighbor" < vicus "village, homestead"] |
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in the vicinity of
1. close to, neighboring, or surrounding
2. roughly or approximately
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