English-Thai Dictionary

vicinity

N ความ ใกล้เคียง  proximity propinquity kwam-kai-kiang

 

vicinity

N บริเวณ ใกล้เคียง  neighborhood bo-ri-wen-kai-kiang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VICINITY

n.[L. vicinitas.] 1. Nearness in place; as the vicinity of two country seats.
2. Neighborhood; as a seat in the vicinity of the metropolis.
3. Neighboring country. Vegetables produced in the vicinity of the city, are daily brought to market. the vicinity is full of gardens.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VICINITY

Vi *cin "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses, a village; akin to Gr. v a house, vi to enter, Goth. weihs town: cf. OF. vicinité. Cf. 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. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood. "The vicinity of the sun. " Bentley.

 

Syn. -- Neighborhood; vicinage. See Neighborhood.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

vicinity

vi cin i ty |vəˈsinətē vəˈsɪnədi | ▶noun ( pl. vicinities ) the area near or surrounding a particular place: the number of people living in the immediate vicinity was small. • archaic proximity in space or relationship: the abundance and vicinity of country seats. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘proximity ’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbor. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

vicinity

vicin |ity |vɪˈsɪnɪti | ▶noun ( pl. vicinities ) the area near or surrounding a particular place: the number of people living in the immediate vicinity was small. • [ mass noun ] archaic proximity in space or relationship: the abundance and vicinity of country seats. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘proximity ’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbour ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

vicinity

vicinity noun many female artists and writers live in the vicinity: neighborhood, surrounding area, locality, locale, area, local area, district, region, quarter, zone; environs, surroundings, precincts; informal neck of the woods. PHRASES in the vicinity of his fortune is in the vicinity of four billion dollars: around, about, nearly, circa, approaching, roughly, approximating, approximately, something like, more or less; in the region of, in the neighborhood of, near to, close to.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

vicinity

vicinity noun 1 many famous writers made their homes in the vicinity: surrounding district, surrounding area, neighbourhood, locality, locale, local area, area, district, region, quarter, sector, territory, domain, place, zone; environs, surroundings, surrounds, precincts, purlieus; informal this neck of the woods; technical locus; rare vicinage. 2 the forest's vicinity to the dockyards made it a vital source of timber: nearness, closeness, proximity, propinquity, adjacency, juxtaposition; accessibility, handiness; rare contiguity, contiguousness, vicinage. PHRASES in the vicinity his fortune is in the vicinity of three million pounds: around, about, nearly, approaching, just about, just over, just under, roughly, something like, more or less; in the region of, in the neighbourhood of, near to, close to, close on; Brit. getting on for; Latin circa; N. Amer. informal in the ballpark of.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

vicinity

vi cin i ty /vəsɪ́nəti /名詞 複 -ties ｟かたく ｠1 U C 〖しばしば -ties 〗近所, 付近, 周辺, 近辺 (!neighborhoodよりも広い地域をさす ) ▸ in his vicinity 彼の近所に .2 U «…に » 近いこと, 近接, 接近 «of , to » .in the vic í nity of A ｟かたく ｠1 Aの近くに .2 およそA 〈数値 〉で [の ]▸ His age is in the vicinity of sixty .彼は60歳前後だ .