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The Britannica Dictionary vicinity 1 ENTRIES FOUND:

• vicinity (noun)

vicinity /vəˈsɪnəti/ noun vicinity /vəˈsɪnəti/ noun Britannica Dictionary definition of VICINITY [singular] : the area around or near a particular place

• She lives in Los Angeles, or somewhere in that/the vicinity. [=somewhere near there]

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in the vicinity of

1 : in the area that is close to (a place)

• He lives in the general/immediate vicinity of the school.

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• His yearly salary is in the vicinity of [=in the neighborhood of] one million dollars.

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