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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vicinity/vəˈsɪnəti/

▶noun (pl. vicinities) the area near or surrounding a particular place or person.

■ archaic proximity.

– origin C16: from L. vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbour’.

'vicinity' also found in these Oxford entries:

rhizosphere - vicinage

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