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 |
Top 10 synonyms for environs Other synonyms for the word environs
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
- 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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