noun
vicinity
vuh-SIN-uh-tee/vəˈsɪnəti/
The area near a place.
The houses and park lie in the vicinity of the railway station.
Etymology
Built on a word meaning “neighboring,” vicinity first described the quality of being near. It then came to name the neighborhood or surrounding district itself—the area near a particular place.
In context
there was um just one very quick gripe I had because it's established in I think it's in episode one isn't it where there are Hunters around in their near vicinity
More examples
- Several shops stood in the vicinity.
- We searched the vicinity of the campsite.
- No one in the vicinity had heard the alarm.
Forms
vicinity
Similar words
- neighborhood
- May imply a residential area rather than any nearby surroundings.
- surroundings
- Surroundings includes nearby features, not just a geographic area.