vicinage

[ vis-uh-nij ]

/ ˈvɪs ə nɪdʒ /

the region near or about a place; vicinity.

a particular neighborhood or district, or the people belonging to it.

proximity.

Origin of vicinage

1275–1325; < Latin vīcīn(us) near (see vicinity) + -age; replacing Middle English vesinage < Middle French < Latin, as above

Up to this point the vegetation everywhere abounding had not indicated the presence, or even the vicinage, of the cinchona.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 11, No. 22, January, 1873 |Various
Howbeit, I was not sorry to hear that Nym should leave this vicinage, and thereby cease tormenting of our Helen.

Joyce Morrell's Harvest |Emily Sarah Holt
Thus only might a man uphold his reputation for bravery in the vicinage of Grand Avenue.

The Mucker |Edgar Rice Burroughs
Sarah's only reply was an indignant rising from her seat, and hasty removal from the vicinage of the annoying Duke de Lucenay.

The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 |Eugne Sue

Coffee grows spontaneously in the vicinage of Timbuctoo, south of the Nile Elabeed.

An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa |Abd Salam Shabeeny

vicinage

/ (ˈvɪsənɪdʒ) /

the residents of a particular neighbourhood

a less common word for vicinity

C14: from Old French vicenage, from vicin neighbouring, from Latin vīcīnus; see vicinity