vicinity

English

Etymology

From Latin vicinitas (“neighborhood”) > vicinus (“neighbor”) > vicus (“village”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /vəˈsɪnəti/, X-SAMPA: /v@"sIn@ti/

Noun

Wikipedia vicinity (plural vicinities)

1. proximity, or the state of being near
2. neighbourhood, or the nearby region
3. approximate size or amount

Translations

proximity, or the state of being near

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 附近 (cmn) (fùjìn)

• Danish: nærhed (da) c
• Dutch: nabijheid (nl)
• Finnish: läheisyys (fi)
• French: voisinage (fr) m
• German: Nähe (de) f

• Japanese: 近傍 (ja) (きんぼう, kinbō), 付近 (ja) (ふきん, fukin)
• Polish: pobliże (pl) n
• Romanian: apropiere (ro) f
• Russian: близость (ru) (blízostʹ) f, соседство (ru) (sosédstvo) n
• Swedish: närhet (sv) c
• Turkish: mahal (tr), civar (tr), yakınlık (tr)

neighbourhood, or the nearby region

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鄰近 (cmn), 邻近 (cmn) (línjìn), 周圍 (cmn), 周围 (cmn) (zhōuwéi)

• Danish: nabolag (da) n, omegn (da) c
• Dutch: buurt (nl), omgeving (nl)
• Finnish: läheisyys (fi), lähiseutu (fi), lähialue (fi)
• French: vicinité (fr) f, environs (fr)
• German: Nachbarschaft (de) f, Umgebung (de) f
• Hungarian: közel (hu)

• Japanese: 近所 (ja) (きんじょ, kinjo), 付近 (ja) (ふきん, fukin), 周辺 (ja) (しゅうへん, shūhen)
• Polish: sąsiedztwo (pl) n, okolica (pl) f
• Romanian: vecinătate (ro)
• Russian: окрестность (ru) (okréstnostʹ) f
• Scottish Gaelic: àrainn (gd) f
• Swedish: grannskap (sv) n, trakt (sv) c
• Turkish: komşuluk (tr)

approximate size or amount

• Dutch: schatting (nl)
• Finnish: suuruusluokka (fi), kokoluokka (fi), likimäärä (fi)

• Japanese: 近似量 (ja) (kinjiryō), 概算 (ja) (gaisan)

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: околност f
• Hebrew: סביבה (sviva) f

• Korean: 부근 (bugeun)
• Kurdish: ده‌وروبه‌ر, ده‌وروپشت
• Serbo-Croatian: okolina nečega f, blizina f
• Spanish: cercanías f pl, inmediaciones f pl, proximidad f, cercanía f
• Swedish: närhet f