Synonyms for environs

Grammar : Noun

Spell : en-vahy-ruh nz, -vahy-ernz, en-ver-uh nz, -vahy-ernz

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈvaɪ rənz, -ˈvaɪ ərnz, ˈɛn vər ənz, -vaɪ ərnz

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Définition of environs

Origin : "outskirts," 1660s, from French environs, plural of Old French environ "compass, circuit," from environ (adv.) "around, round about" (see environ).

noun neighborhood

Example sentences :

When last seen, the environs of the works were filled with violence and uproar.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

Now, there are dozens of catacombs; the environs of Rome are honeycombed with them.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Perhaps he had risen early, and had gone on some excursion in the environs.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

There was not one in the town, or its environs, who did not praise her for this virtue.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

Boston with its environs and the interior counties were opposed to the embargo.
Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson

The general aspect of Yloilo and its environs is most depressing.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman

The environs of the capital form a good setting to its beauty.
Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock

"The lot" meant the studio in which she was working, and its environs.
Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber

There is a portrait of him given in Lysons' "Environs of London."
Extract from : « Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney » by Geraldine Edith Mitton

His presence was interpreted to mean in or near his residence, his court, and his environs.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

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