vicinity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a surrounding or nearby region
    neck of the woods; neighborhood; neighbourhood; locality.
    • 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

WordNet

Vi*cin"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses, a village; akin to Gr. a house, Skr. va a house, vi to enter, Goth. weihs town: cf. OF. vicinité. Cf. Diocese, Economy, Parish, Vicinage, Wick a village.
Definitions
  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. "The vicinity of the sun." Bentley. Syn. -- Neighborhood; vicinage. See Neighborhood.

Webster 1913