vicinity — a noun meaning “a surrounding area or district;” “neighborhood”
vecindad — the Spanish cognate of the same meaning
Until I started learning and practicing Italian on my own, it hadn’t crossed my mind that the word “vicinity” had a Spanish cognate. In my Italian lesson, the word “vicino” and “vicina” came up, me…
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