noun (n)

• a surrounding or nearby region(noun.location)

  Example:
  The plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville.
  

  Synonym:
  locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, neighbourhood
  

  source: wordnet30
• The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.(noun)

  source: webster1913