Definition of "vicinity" []

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In this vicinity is a statue of himself seated rather woodenly on a horse."
• "Muslim world, stressing that the Al-Azhar mosque and university in his vicinity is the centre of the teaching of sunnah."
• "Further, he maintains that the Carson City vicinity is “one of the most beautiful areas” in the West."