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vicinity

[vi-sin-i-tee]

noun

plural

vicinities 
  1. the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood.

    There are no stores in the vicinity of our house.

  2. state or fact of being near; proximity; propinquity.

    He was troubled by the vicinity of the nuclear testing area.



vicinity

/ ɪˈɪɪɪ /

noun

  1. a surrounding, adjacent, or nearby area; neighbourhood

  2. the fact or condition of being close in space or relationship

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of vicinity1

1550–60; < Latin īīԾ, equivalent to īī ( us ) near ( ī ( us ) wick 3, neighborhood + -īԳܲ -ine 1 ) + - -ity
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of vicinity1

C16: from Latin īīԾ, from īīus neighbouring, from īus village
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Dr Peel says the fact that existing nuclear sites generally have "miles of empty land around them" means that anyone in the vicinity arouses suspicion.

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Thankfully, there were no police with radar guns in the vicinity as he was driven back to the course.

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It's estimated to cost somewhere in the vicinity of $45 million, not counting the clean-up and repairs of the streets that the tanks are likely to destroy.

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A number of countries have condemned the Israeli military's actions after troops fired warning shots in the vicinity of a diplomatic delegation on a visit to the occupied West Bank.

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The company is stuck with an inventory of somewhere in the vicinity of 10,000 units to the tune of about $800 million.

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