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Another word for vicinity

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vicinity

n.

proximity, nearness, neighborhood; see environment, region 1.

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Another word for vicinity

noun

A surrounding area:
environment, environs, locale, locality, neighborhood, precinct (used in plural), surroundings. See near, place
A surrounding site:
area, locality, neighborhood. See near, place
Approximate size or amount:
range. (Informal) neighborhood. See near

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In the vicinity are several fine mansions.
When a Bob-White quail continued calling from the vicinity of the pond, she headed that way.
Norfolk is the see of a Protestant Episcopal bishopric. The city has a public park of 110 acres and various smaller ones, and in the vicinity are several summer resorts, notably Virginia Beach, Ocean View, Old Point Comfort, Pine Beach and Willoughby Beach.
There are undrained, swampy districts in Campeche, in the vicinity of the Terminos Lagoon, where malarial diseases are prevalent, and the same conditions prevail along the coast where mangrove swamps are found.
Coal deposits exist in the immediate vicinity of the town.

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