noun
Meaning 1
Proximity; the state of being near.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- There was a crackling sound in the vicinity of my right ear.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vicinity
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /vɪˈsɪnɪti/
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US: /vəˈsɪnəti/
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rhymes with -ɪnɪti
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CMU ARPABET: V AH0 S IH1 N AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 2
Neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- There is a hurricane in the vicinity of the Bahamas.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Approximate size or amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I weigh in the vicinity of 80kg.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a surrounding or nearby region
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
- it is a rugged locality
- he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
- I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: section
Narrower terms: gold coast, 'hood, place, proximity, scenery, Left Bank, Latin Quarter, Montmartre, Right Bank, Charlestown
History
Etymology
From vicine + -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from vīcīnus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from vīcus (“village”).
Across languages
Translations
129 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قُرْب (qurb) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Arabic: جِوَار (jiwār) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Belarusian: блі́зкасць (blízkascʹ) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Belarusian: сусе́дства (susjédstva) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Bengali: কাছ (kach) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Bengali: বরাত (borat) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Bulgarian: бли́зост (blízost) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Bulgarian: съсе́дство (sǎsédstvo) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Catalan: veïnatge — proximity, or the state of being near
- Chinese Cantonese: 附近 (fu6 gan6) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Chinese Mandarin: 附近 (fùjìn) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Czech: blízkost — proximity, or the state of being near
- Czech: sousedství — proximity, or the state of being near
- Danish: nærhed — proximity, or the state of being near
- Dutch: nabijheid — proximity, or the state of being near
- Finnish: läheisyys — proximity, or the state of being near
- French: voisinage — proximity, or the state of being near
- Georgian: სიახლოვე (siaxlove) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Georgian: მეზობლობა (mezobloba) — proximity, or the state of being near
- German: Nähe — proximity, or the state of being near
- Greek: γειτνίαση (geitníasi) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Hebrew: קרבה (kirvá) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Italian: vicinanza — proximity, or the state of being near
- Japanese: 近傍 (kinbō) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Japanese: 付近 (fukin) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Korean: 근처 (geuncheo) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Korean: 부근 (bugeun) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Macedonian: близина (blizina) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Macedonian: соседство (sosedstvo) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Khiamniungan Naga: ēmkō — proximity, or the state of being near
- Norwegian: nærhet — proximity, or the state of being near
- Polish: pobliże — proximity, or the state of being near
- Polish: sąsiedztwo — proximity, or the state of being near
- Polish: bliskość — proximity, or the state of being near
- Portuguese: vizinhança — proximity, or the state of being near
- Romanian: apropiere — proximity, or the state of being near
- Russian: бли́зость (blízostʹ) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Russian: сосе́дство (sosédstvo) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Slovak: blízkosť — proximity, or the state of being near
- Slovak: susedstvo — proximity, or the state of being near
- Slovene: bližina — proximity, or the state of being near
- Spanish: vecindad — proximity, or the state of being near
- Spanish: proximidad — proximity, or the state of being near
- Swedish: närhet — proximity, or the state of being near
- Turkish: mahal — proximity, or the state of being near
- Turkish: civar — proximity, or the state of being near
- Turkish: yakınlık — proximity, or the state of being near
- Ukrainian: бли́зькість (blýzʹkistʹ) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Ukrainian: сусі́дство (susídstvo) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Urdu: اطراف (atarāf) — proximity, or the state of being near
- Arabic: مُحِيط (muḥīṭ) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Belarusian: навако́лле (navakóllje) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Belarusian: вако́ліца (vakólica) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Belarusian: ако́ліца (akólica) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Belarusian: акру́га (akrúha) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Belarusian: вако́ліцы (vakólicy) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Bulgarian: съседство (sǎsedstvo) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Bulgarian: околност (okolnost) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Catalan: voltants — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Catalan: encontorns — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Chinese Cantonese: 周圍 /周围 (zau1 wai4) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Chinese Mandarin: 鄰近 /邻近 (línjìn) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Chinese Mandarin: 周圍 /周围 (zhōuwéi) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Czech: okolí — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Danish: nabolag — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Danish: omegn — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Dutch: buurt — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Dutch: omgeving — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Egyptian: h-A-w-Y1:Z2 (hꜣw) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Finnish: läheisyys — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Finnish: lähiseutu — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Finnish: lähialue — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- French: vicinité — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- French: environs — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Georgian: მიდამო (midamo) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Georgian: არემარე (aremare) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- German: Nachbarschaft — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- German: Umgebung — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Ancient Greek: περίχωρος (períkhōros) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Hebrew: סביבה (svivá) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Hungarian: közel — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Irish: comharsanacht — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Italian: dintorni — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Japanese: 近所 (kinjo) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Japanese: 付近 (fukin) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Japanese: 周辺 (shūhen) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Korean: 근처 (geuncheo) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Korean: 부근 (bugeun) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Māori: tatanga — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Plautdietsch: Omjäajent — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Polish: sąsiedztwo — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Polish: okolica — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Portuguese: vizinhança — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Portuguese: arredores — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Romanian: vecinătate — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Russian: окре́стность (okréstnostʹ) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Russian: окру́га (okrúga) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Scottish Gaelic: àrainn — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Slovak: okolie — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Spanish: cercanías — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Spanish: inmediaciones — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Spanish: alrededores — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Spanish: vecindad — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Swedish: grannskap — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Swedish: trakt — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Swedish: närområde — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Turkish: komşuluk — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Turkish: yöre — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Turkish: civar — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Turkish: çevre — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Ottoman Turkish: چوره (çevre) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Ukrainian: око́лиця (okólycja) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Ukrainian: окру́га (okrúha) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Ukrainian: о́кіл (ókil) — neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Catalan: (al) voltant (de) — approximate size or amount
- Dutch: schatting — approximate size or amount
- Finnish: suuruusluokka — approximate size or amount
- Finnish: kokoluokka — approximate size or amount
- Finnish: likimäärä — approximate size or amount
- Italian: intorno — approximate size or amount
- Japanese: 近似量 (kinjiryō) — approximate size or amount
- Japanese: 概算 (gaisan) — approximate size or amount
- Spanish: unos — approximate size or amount
- Spanish: aproximadamente — approximate size or amount
- Spanish: alrededor de — approximate size or amount
- Spanish: algo ansí como — approximate size or amount
- Swedish: storleksordning — approximate size or amount
- Swedish: närhet — approximate size or amount
- Turkish: civar (in usage, 'civarında') — approximate size or amount
Real reading context