n.
Pronunciation: v ə - ' si-n ə -t ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: 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 v ĭ s ĭ , Greek oikos, oikia house
Date: 1560
1 : the quality or state of being near : PROXIMITY
2 : a surrounding area or district : NEIGHBORHOOD
3 : NEIGHBORHOOD 3B