vicinity
noun
[ vɪˈsɪnɪti ]
• the area near or surrounding a particular place.
• "the number of people living in the immediate vicinity was small"
Similar:
surrounding district,
surrounding area,
neighbourhood,
locality,
locale,
local area,
area,
district,
region,
quarter,
sector,
territory,
domain,
place,
zone,
environs,
surroundings,
surrounds,
precincts,
purlieus,
this neck of the woods,
locus,
vicinage,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘proximity’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbour’.
