vic|i|nage

vic|i|nage
vic|i|nage «VIHS uh nihj», noun.
1. a) surrounding district; neighborhood; vicinity: »

to know well the people in his own vicinage.

b) the people living in a certain district or neighborhood: »

and to his thought the whole vicinage was haunted by her (George Eliot).

2. the fact of being or living close to another or others; nearness; proximity.
[< Old French vicenage, voisinage < voisin < Latin vīcīnus, see etym. under vicinity (Cf.vicinity)]

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