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Meaning of vicinity in English
Pronunciation
/vəˈsɪnədi/
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Noun
vicinity
Etymology
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘proximity’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus‘neighbor’
Definitions
1.
a surrounding or nearby region
Examples
« 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 »