[ UK /vɪsˈɪnɪti/ ]
[ US /vəˈsɪnəti, vɪˈsɪnɪti/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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
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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.
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