noun (n)

• the area in which something exists or lives(noun.location)

  Synonym:
  environment, surround, surroundings
  

  source: wordnet30
• an outer adjacent area of any place(noun.location)

  Synonym:
  purlieu
  

  source: wordnet30
• The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.(noun)

  source: webster1913