vicinage
vic·i·nage
noun \ˈvi-sə-nij, ˈvis-nij\Definition of VICINAGE
: a neighboring or surrounding district : vicinity
Examples of VICINAGE
- <potential jurors were to be drawn from the vicinage in which the crime occurred>
Origin of VICINAGE
Middle English vesinage, from Anglo-French veisinage, from neighboring, from Vulgar Latin *vecinus, alteration of Latin vicinus
First Known Use: 14th century
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