vicinity

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

the vicin·ity [vicinity vicinities] BrE [vəˈsɪnəti] NAmE [vəˈsɪnəti] noun singular
the area around a particular place
•Crowds gathered in the vicinity of Trafalgar Square.
•There is no hospital in the immediate vicinity.

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘proximity’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbour’.

Example Bank:
•The police suggested that he leave the vicinity of the property.
•There is no hospital in the immediate vicinity.
•He usually objected strongly to anyone smoking in his vicinity.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods