Vicinity1. (n.) The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.
2. (n.) That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.
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