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vicinity

və-ˈsi-nə-tē 4 syllables uncommon

  1. noun. a surrounding area or district: neighborhood

  2. noun. neighborhood

  3. noun. the quality or state of being near: proximity

Origin

Middle French vicinité, from Latin vicinitat-, vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, from vicus row of houses, village; akin to Goth weihs village, Old Church Slavic vĭsĭ, Greek oikos, oikia house.

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