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UK
/vɪsˈɪnɪti/
]
[ US /vəˈsɪnəti, vɪˈsɪnɪti/ ]
[ US /vəˈsɪnəti, vɪˈsɪnɪti/ ]
NOUN
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a surrounding or nearby region
it is a rugged locality
the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods
he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
How To Use vicinity In A Sentence
- In 1672, when Mars was in the vicinity of the three Psi stars of Aquarius, the time was ripe for obtaining the first reliable parallax of Mars.
- There may be a chill in the air this winter, but if you're in the vicinity of the Royal Theatre in Castlebar chances are it will come from the Ice Ballet.
- The problem becomes more complicated when any untoward incident takes place in the Srinagar city or its vicinity.
- Every buyer, lessee and mortgagee of property in or in the vicinity of a coalmining area should search before exchanging contracts.
- Only a handful had returned to work in the immediate vicinity.
- One becomes suspicious of every person in the vicinity while providing security to VVIPs.
- Ash could accumulate on rooftops, causing them to collapse on people seeking shelter in the vicinity of the volcano.
- So there's this Wahhabi sect, very hard liners, I say, and then you have the House of Saud, which is essentially a nomad tribe from the Riyadh vicinity or Najd. NPR Topics: News
- In France the alcoholic cordial crème de cassis, made in the vicinity of Dijon in Burgundy from locally grown blackcurrants, won worldwide fame.
- Ash could accumulate on rooftops, causing them to collapse on people seeking shelter in the vicinity of the volcano.