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Etymology

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From vicine +‎ -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from vīcīnus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from vīcus (“village”).

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəˈsɪnəti/

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Noun

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English Wikipedia has an article on:vicinityWikipedia

vicinity (plural vicinities)

1. Proximity; the state of being near. There was a crackling sound in the vicinity of my right ear.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.
2. Neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area. There is a hurricane in the vicinity of the Bahamas.
   • 1883, A. E. Housman, Fragment of a Greek Tragedy:O suitably-attired-in-leather-bootsHead of a traveller, wherefore seeking whomWhence by what way how purposed art thou comeTo this well-nightingaled vicinity?
   • 2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera: Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler, reporting from Bangkok, said hundreds of Yingluck's supporters gathered outside the Bangkok Supreme Court to await the verdict but were not allowed in the vicinity.
3. Approximate size or amount. I weigh in the vicinity of 80kg.

Translations

[edit] proximity, or the state of being near

Arabic: قُرْب m (qurb), جِوَار m (jiwār) Belarusian: блі́зкасць f (blízkascʹ), сусе́дства n (susjédstva) Bengali: কাছ (bn) (kach), বরাত (bn) (borat) Bulgarian: бли́зост (bg) f (blízost), съсе́дство (bg) n (sǎsédstvo) Catalan: veïnatge m Chinese: Cantonese: 附近 (fu6 gan6) Mandarin: 附近 (zh) (fùjìn) Czech: blízkost (cs) f, sousedství (cs) n Danish: nærhed c Dutch: nabijheid (nl) Finnish: läheisyys (fi) French: voisinage (fr) m Georgian: სიახლოვე (siaxlove), მეზობლობა (mezobloba) German: Nähe (de) f Greek: γειτνίαση (el) f or f pl (geitníasi) Hebrew: קרבה (he) f (kirvá) Italian: vicinanza (it) f Japanese: 近傍 (ja) (きんぼう, kinbō), 付近 (ja) (ふきん, fukin) Korean: 근처(近處) (ko) (geuncheo), 부근(付近) (ko) (bugeun) Macedonian: близина f (blizina), соседство n (sosedstvo) Naga: Khiamniungan Naga: ēmkō Norwegian: nærhet (no) Polish: pobliże (pl) n, sąsiedztwo (pl) n, bliskość (pl) f Portuguese: vizinhança (pt) f Romanian: apropiere (ro) f Russian: бли́зость (ru) f (blízostʹ), сосе́дство (ru) n (sosédstvo) Slovak: blízkosť f, susedstvo n Slovene: bližina f Spanish: vecindad (es) f, proximidad (es) f Swedish: närhet (sv) c Turkish: mahal (tr), civar (tr), yakınlık (tr) Ukrainian: бли́зькість (uk) f (blýzʹkistʹ), сусі́дство n (susídstvo) Urdu: اطراف (atarāf)

neighbourhood, or the nearby region

Arabic: مُحِيط (ar) m (muḥīṭ) Belarusian: навако́лле n (navakóllje), вако́ліца (be) f (vakólica), ако́ліца f (akólica), акру́га f (akrúha), вако́ліцы f pl (vakólicy) Bulgarian: съседство (bg) n (sǎsedstvo), околност (bg) f (okolnost) Catalan: voltants (ca) m pl, encontorns m pl Chinese: Cantonese: 周圍 / 周围 (zau1 wai4) Mandarin: 鄰近 / 邻近 (zh) (línjìn), 周圍 / 周围 (zh) (zhōuwéi) Czech: okolí (cs) n Danish: nabolag n, omegn (da) c Dutch: buurt (nl), omgeving (nl) Egyptian: (hꜣw) Finnish: läheisyys (fi), lähiseutu, lähialue (fi) French: vicinité (fr) f, environs (fr) Georgian: მიდამო (midamo), არემარე (aremare) German: Nachbarschaft (de) f, Umgebung (de) f Greek: Ancient Greek: περίχωρος f (períkhōros) Hebrew: סביבה (he) f (svivá) Hungarian: közel (hu) Irish: comharsanacht f Italian: dintorni (it) Japanese: 近所 (ja) (きんじょ, kinjo), 付近 (ja) (ふきん, fukin), 周辺 (ja) (しゅうへん, shūhen) Korean: 근처(近處) (ko) (geuncheo), 부근(付近) (ko) (bugeun) Māori: tatanga Plautdietsch: Omjäajent f Polish: sąsiedztwo (pl) n, okolica (pl) f Portuguese: vizinhança (pt) f, arredores (pt) m pl Romanian: vecinătate (ro) Russian: окре́стность (ru) f (okréstnostʹ), окру́га (ru) f (okrúga) Scottish Gaelic: àrainn f Slovak: okolie n Spanish: cercanías (es) f pl, inmediaciones (es) f pl, alrededores (es) m pl, vecindad (es) f Swedish: grannskap (sv) n, trakt (sv) c, närområde (sv) n Turkish: komşuluk (tr), yöre (tr), civar (tr), çevre (tr) Ottoman Turkish: چوره (çevre) Ukrainian: око́лиця (uk) f (okólycja), окру́га (uk) f (okrúha), о́кіл m (ókil)

approximate size or amount

Catalan: (al) voltant (de) Dutch: schatting (nl) Finnish: suuruusluokka (fi), kokoluokka (fi), likimäärä Italian: intorno (it) m Japanese: 近似量 (kinjiryō), 概算 (ja) (gaisan) Spanish: unos (es) (adjective), aproximadamente (es) (adverb), alrededor de (es) (adverb), algo ansí como (phrase) Swedish: storleksordning (sv) c, närhet (sv) c Turkish: civar (tr) (in usage, 'civarında')

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Korean: (please verify) 부근 (ko) (bugeun) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: (please verify) دەوروبەر (dewruber), (please verify) دەوروپشت (dewrupşit) Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) okolina nečega f, (please verify) blizina (sh) f

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