və̇ˈsinəd.ē, -ətē, -i sometimes chiefly Brit vīˈ- noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle French vicinité, from Latin vicinitat-, vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring (from vicus row of houses, village + -inus -ine) + -itat-, -itas -ity; akin to Gothic weihs village, Greek oikos house, dwelling, Sanskrit viś settlement, dwelling, house
1. : the quality or state of being near : nearness , propinquity , proximity
might well dread the immediate vicinity of a monarch so great, so ambitious, and so unscrupulous — T.B.Macaulay
so near a vicinity to her mother … was not desirable — Jane Austen
2. obsolete : close relationship or resemblance
3. : a surrounding area or district : locality , neighborhood
in the vicinity of his home
old residents of the vicinity — John DeMeyer
4. : neighborhood 3b
invitations which he receives average in the vicinity of 300 a month — Philip Hamburger