Vi-cĭn'i-ty, n.
(Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. vicinitas, It. vicinità, Sp. vecindad, Pr. vicinitat, vecinitat, vezinetat, O. Fr. vicinité, veisinetet, voisinetet. See supra.]
Sense 1. The quality of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the vicinity of two country-seats.
Sense 2. That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to any thing; near place; adjoining space or country; neighborhood. “The vicinity of the sun.” Bentley. “A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers.” Bp. Taylor.
Synonyms—Neighborhood; vicinage. See NEIGHBORHOOD.