vicinity

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In this vicinity are the slender strands of nerves at the end of the spinal cord, the cauda equina ` horse's tail. '

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  1. noun The state of being near in space or relationship; proximity: two restaurants in close vicinity.
  2. noun A nearby, surrounding, or adjoining region; a neighborhood.
  3. noun An approximate degree or amount: houses priced in the vicinity of $200,000.

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  • The splendor of the cities of Transalpine Gaul in this vicinity is attested by remains more numerous and in better preservation than Italy affords save in a very few places. —  Foch the Man
  • Directly in the vicinity is a beautiful grapery, with the richest clusters of grapes literally covering the top, sides and walls of the greenhouse, which stands in the midst of a garden, gay with dahlias and amaranths and every variety of flowers, with delicious fruits thickly studding the well-trained trees. —  Letters and Journals 02]
  • In this vicinity are the slender strands of nerves at the end of the spinal cord, the cauda equina ` horse's tail. ' —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 1
  • Of one thing and one thing only he was certain: Something in their vicinity was ablaze, and it wasn't the extinguished campfire. —  A Triumph of Souls
  • That vision covered a dozen streets in both directions, because most of the vicinity was a crumbled wasteland. —  The Boat of a Million Years
 

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  1. Latin vīcīnitās, from vīcīnus, neighboring, from vīcus, neighborhood; see weik-1 in Indo-European roots.

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/ (vĭ-sĭnˈĭ-tē)/
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