vicinity
noun
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Howdy, neighbor! Today we cozy up to vicinity, a word with neighborly origins that was welcomed into English as a French import in the 16th century from Middle French vicinité. It comes ultimately from Latin vicus, meaning "row of houses" or "village," by way of Latin vicinus, meaning "neighboring." Other descendants of vicinus in English include vicinal (a synonym of local) and vicinage, a synonym of vicinity in the sense of "a neighboring or surrounding district." Both of these are formal and rare, but vicinage is notable for giving title to the Vicinage Clause, a segment of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution that entitles an accused person to "an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law."
Examples of vicinity in a Sentence
David Culver, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Otherwise, the age-old criticism will apply - that Israel has the power to make war but not to make lasting peace in its vicinity, to demolish but not to reconstitute and therefore ends up in endless wars with no permanent security.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Anything in the immediate vicinity experiences extremely intense electromagnetic fields.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024
Capitol Hill residents, who had the Jan. 6 riot in their backyard, will see a bigger security perimeter for the certification of votes, which will impact how people move around that day — and even schedules for five schools in the vicinity.
—Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Vicinity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vicinity. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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