surrounding areas
The adjacent territory
The areas or regions adjacent to a central location.
The phrase typically appears in news, real estate, and official communications to indicate places near but outside the main focus: The storm affected Chicago and surrounding areas.
Usually interchangeable with "nearby areas" or "the vicinity."
- neighboringSituated beside another
- adjacentDirectly next to
- hinterlandsRemote inland areas
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- communityCollective of connected people
borderlands · contiguous · suburb · enclave · urban fringe · environs · landscape · watershed · vicinity · neck of the woods · localities · district · city limits · proximity · terrain · municipality · peri-urban · context
surrounding areascenter
Middle of anything
core · focal point · central area · hub · heart
surrounding areasremote areas
Isolated, hard-to-reach places
hinterland · periphery · backcountry · frontier · outskirts
surrounding, surround, surrounds, surrounded, surroundings, area, areas