environ
en·vir·on
environ · environs
A surrounding area or placeA surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.
UK/ɪnˈvaɪɹən/US/ɪnˈvaɪ(ə)ɹən/
Meaning
1 senses(also, figuratively, formal, obsolete)A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.
Naples and its environs
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Late Middle English invyroun, Middle English enuyroun, enuyrown, from Anglo-Norman enFrom Late Middle English invyroun, Middle English enuyroun, enuyrown, from Anglo-Norman enviroun, environ, envirun, and Middle French environ (“circumference; surroundings; (in the plural) boundaries, frontiers”) (chiefly in the plural) (modern French environ), a noun use of Old French environ (adverb): see etymology 1.
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