Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vicinity \Vi*cin"i*ty\ (?; 277), n. [L. vicinitas, from vicinus
   neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses, a village;
   akin to Gr. ? a house, Skr. v??a a house, vi? to enter, Goth.
   weihs town: cf. OF. vicinit['e]. Cf. {Diocese}, {Economy},
   {Parish}, {Vicinage}, {Wick} a village.]
   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.'' --Bentley.

   Syn: Neighborhood; vicinage. See {Neighborhood}.

Source : WordNet®

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}]