Vicinity \Vi*cin"i*ty\ (v[i^]*s[i^]n"[i^]*t[y^]; 277), n. [L.
vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, near, from vicus a row
of houses, a village; akin to Gr. o'i^kos a house, Skr.
v[=e][,c]a a house, vi[,c] to enter, Goth. weihs town: cf.
OF. vicinit['e]. Cf. Diocese, Economy, Parish,
Vicinage, Wick a village.]
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1. The quality or state of being near, or not remote;
nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the
estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.
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A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers.
--Jer. Taylor.
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2. That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent
to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.
"The vicinity of the sun." --Bentley.
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Syn: Neighborhood; vicinage. See Neighborhood.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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79 Moby Thesaurus words for "vicinity":
airspace, alentours, ambience, ambit, approach, approximation,
area, belt, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies,
circumjacencies, circumstances, closeness, compass, confines,
context, continental shelf, convergence, corridor, country,
department, district, division, entourage,
environing circumstances, environment, environs, extent,
foreground, gestalt, ground, habitat, heartland, hinterland,
immediacy, immediate foreground, land, locale, locality, magnitude,
matter, milieu, nearness, neighborhood, nighness, offshore rights,
outposts, outskirts, part, parts, perimeter, periphery, place,
precinct, precincts, premises, propinquity, proximity, purlieus,
quarter, range, region, salient, section, situation, soil, space,
suburbs, surroundings, terrain, territory, three-mile limit,
total environment, tune, twelve-mile limit, vicinage, zone
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Vicinity \Vi*cin"i*ty\ (?; 277), n. [L. vicinitas, from vicinus
neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses, a village;
akin to Gr. ? a house, Skr. v??a a house, vi? to enter, Goth.
weihs town: cf. OF. vicinit['e]. Cf. Diocese, Economy,
Parish, Vicinage, Wick a village.]
1. The quality or state of being near, or not remote;
nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the
estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.
A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers.
--Jer. Taylor.
2. That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent
to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.
``The vicinity of the sun.'' --Bentley.
Syn: Neighborhood; vicinage. See Neighborhood.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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