/vi sin"i tee/ , n. , pl. vicinities .
1. the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood: There are no stores in the vicinity of our house.
2. state or fact of being near; proximity; propinquity: He was troubled by the vicinity of the nuclear testing area.
[ 1550-60; vicinitas, equiv. to vicin ( us ) near ( vic ( us ) WICK 3 , neighborhood + -inus -INE 1 ) + -itas -ITY ]