From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vicinity \Vi*cin"i*ty\ (v[i^]*s[i^]n"[i^]*t[y^]; 277), n. [L.
vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, near, from vicus a row
of houses, a village; akin to Gr. o'i^kos a house, Skr.
v[=e][,c]a a house, vi[,c] to enter, Goth. weihs town: cf.
OF. vicinit['e]. Cf. Diocese, Economy, Parish,
Vicinage, Wick a village.]
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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.
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A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers.
--Jer. Taylor.
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2. That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent
to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.
"The vicinity of the sun." --Bentley.
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Syn: Neighborhood; vicinage. See Neighborhood.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vicinity
n 1: 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" [syn: vicinity, locality, neighborhood,
neighbourhood, neck of the woods]