surrounding
adjective
[ səˈraʊndɪŋ ]
• all round a particular place or thing.
• "Cardiff and the surrounding area"
surround
verb
• be all round (someone or something).
• "the hotel is surrounded by its own gardens"
Similar:
neighbouring,
nearby,
near,
neighbourhood,
local,
adjoining,
adjacent,
bordering,
abutting,
encircling,
encompassing,
circumambient,
circumjacent,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘overflow’): from Old French souronder, from late Latin superundare, from super- ‘over’ + undare ‘to flow’ (from unda ‘a wave’); later associated with round. Current senses of the noun date from the late 19th century.
