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Definition of environs :
The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.
Synonyms:
locale, skirt, milieu, near, place, surround, suburb, locality, outskirt, edge, fringe, purlieu
environment (part of speech: noun)
neighborhood, environment, precinct, surroundings, vicinity, ambience
environments (part of speech: noun)
environments, precincts, vicinities, neighborhoods, ambiences
Usage examples:
- During the six weeks of the sittings of the diet, 100, 000 horses were in the environs, yet forage and every sort of provisions abounded. - "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)", Isaac Disraeli.
- According to Mr. Dosabhai Framji Karaka, in 1858 there were thirty- five Fire Temples in Yezd and its environs. - "Les Parsis", D. Menant.
- I learned that she was an Italian by birth, a native of a small village in the environs of Porto Fiero, a seaport not far from Genoa. - "The Amulet", Hendrik Conscience.
