Definition of environs
1 : the districts around a city
2a : environing things : surroundingsb : an adjoining region or space : vicinity
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Examples of environs in a Sentence
the city and its environs total about a million in population
you can get just about any kind of ethnic food in the environs of the university
First Known Use of environs
1665
ENVIRONS Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of environs for English Language Learners
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: the area that is around a place (such as a city)
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