Vicinity
Vicinity (vi*sin"i*ty; 277) , noun
[Latin vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses, a village; akin to Greek o'i^kos a house, Sanskrit vēca a house, vic to enter, Gothic weihs town: compare Old French vicinité. Compare Diocese, Economy, Parish, Vicinage, Wick a village.]
1.
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.
A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers.
2.
That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.
The vicinity of the sun.