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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 vi·cin·i·ty /vəˈsɪnəti/
 接近,鄰近,附近地區,近處

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Vi·cin·i·ty n.
 1. The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.
    A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers.   --Jer. Taylor.
 2. That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.  “The vicinity of the sun.”
 Syn: -- Neighborhood; vicinage.  See Neighborhood.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 vicinity
      n : a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the
          vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he
          always blames someone else in the immediate
          neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am
          in this neck of the woods" [syn: locality, neighborhood,
           neighbourhood, neck of the woods]