Environs Definition

ĕn-vīrənz, -vīərnz
environ
noun
The districts surrounding a town or city; suburbs or outskirts.
Webster's New World
Surrounding area; vicinity.
Webster's New World
Surroundings; environment.
American Heritage

The surroundings; the environment.

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verb

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of environ.

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Origin of Environs

  • French from Old French pl. of environ circuit from environ round about environ

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French environs.

    From Wiktionary

Environs Sentence Examples

  • The environs of the city are delightful.

  • The environs are laid out in pretty and shady gardens and promenades, the finest being in the park which surrounds the château of Prince Clary-Aldringen, built in 1751.

  • The first thirty chapters of his invaluable Description of Greece (7 EP/7-flOiS T17s 'EXX630s) are devoted to Athens, its ports and environs.

  • The original term, catacumbae, however, had no connexion with sepulture, but was simply the name of a particular locality in the environs of Rome.

  • Asparagus is cultivated in the environs.

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