VICINITY

noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle French vicinité, from Latin vicinitat-, vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, from vicus row of houses, village; akin to Gothic weihs village, Old Church Slavic vĭsĭ, Greek oikos, oikia house Date: 1560 the quality or state of being near ; proximity , a surrounding area or district ; neighborhood , neighborhood 3b