vicinity
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Britannica Dictionary definition of VICINITY
[singular]
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the area around or near a particular place
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She lives in Los Angeles, or somewhere in that/the vicinity. [=somewhere near there]
in the vicinity of
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in the area that is close to (a place)
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He lives in the general/immediate vicinity of the school.
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close to or around (an amount)
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His yearly salary is in the vicinity of [=in the neighborhood of] one million dollars.