Vicinity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Vicinity	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vicinity n a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods" Synonym(s): vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicinity \Vicin"ity\ (?; 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[82]. 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. [bd]The vicinity of the sun.[b8] --Bentley. Syn: Neighborhood; vicinage. See {Neighborhood}.