different between vicinity vs vincinal

English

Etymology

vicine +? -ity, from Latin v?c?nit?s (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from v?c?nus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from v?cus (“village”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??s?n?ti/

Noun

vicinity (plural vicinities)

2. proximity; the state of being near.
4. neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.
   • 2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera:

     Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler, reporting from Bangkok, said hundreds of Yingluck's supporters gathered outside the Bangkok Supreme Court to await the verdict but were not allowed in the vicinity.

5. approximate size or amount.

Translations

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Adjective

vincinal

1. Of, belonging to, or restricted to a limited area or neighborhood; local.
2. Relating to or being a local road.
3. Mineralogy. Approximating, resembling, or taking the place of a fundamental crystalline form or face.
4. Chemistry. Of or relating to the consecutive positions of substituted elements or radicals on an organic compound.

Related terms

• vicinity