vicinities
Surrounding local regions
Vicinities is the plural of vicinity, meaning nearby areas or surrounding regions.
The word appears when describing multiple locations or when the area in question is vague: Police searched the vicinities of both crime scenes.
In phrases like in the vicinity of fifty dollars, it means approximately.
Residential area nearby
- districtBounded administrative area
- areaExtent of surface
- zoneBounded area designation
- quarterOne of four parts
sector · precinct · ward · enclave · suburb · borough · hamlet · village
Indefinite bounded area
- terrainLand's physical features
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
expanse · domain · borderlands · hinterland · catchment · watershed · locale · grounds
At small distance
- surroundingEnclosing on all sides
- neighboringSituated beside another
- closeNearby or to shut
- borderingSharing an edge with
adjoining · contiguous · abutting · next-door · immediate · alongside · beside · tangential
People living somewhere
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- neighborsThose dwelling nearby
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- dwellersThose who occupy space
households · population · citizenry · folk · denizens · homeowners · tenants · occupants
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
quarter · sector · precinct · ward · enclave · suburb · borough · hamlet · village · township
region
Indefinite bounded area
- terrainLand's physical features
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
territory · expanse · domain · borderlands · hinterland · catchment · watershed · locale · grounds · premises
nearby
At small distance
- surroundingEnclosing on all sides
- neighboringSituated beside another
- closeNearby or to shut
bordering · adjoining · contiguous · abutting · next-door · immediate · alongside · beside · tangential · conterminous
residents
People living somewhere
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- neighborsThose dwelling nearby
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
dwellers · households · population · citizenry · folk · denizens · homeowners · tenants · occupants
vicinitiesremote areas
Isolated, hard-to-reach places
far-off lands · hinterlands · peripheries · antipodes · frontiers
vicinitiesexpanses
Wide continuous areas
breadths · infinities · immensities · wildernesses · open spaces