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vicinity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vicinity n : a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinty of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood" [syn: {locality}, {neighborhood}, {neighbourhood}]
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