vicinage
/ˈvɪsɪnɪdʒ/noun
vicinage is a noun meaning “The state of living near something; proximity, closeness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-C-I-N-A-G-E, and it appears about once in every 58 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vicinage is vicinages.
What does vicinage mean?
noun
- 1
archaicA surrounding district; a neighbourhood.
- 2
archaicThe people of a neighbourhood.
- 3
The state of living near something; proximity, closeness.
- 4
UKUSThe area where a crime was committed, a trial is being held, or the community from which jurors are drawn.
- 5
A geographical division of the New Jersey Superior Court, covering one or more counties, for judicial administration and the assignment of venue to an action within the Superior Court
- 6
A geographical division of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, covering several counties, for judicial administration and the assignment of venue to an action within the District Court
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vicinage?
- UK /ˈvɪsɪnɪdʒ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vicinage
- vicinages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vicinage?
Vicinage appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vicinage come from?
From Old French visnage, respelled to more closer match its Latin source vīcīnus (“neighbor”). By surface analysis, vicine + -age.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).