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inmediaciones

vicinity, surroundings

noun een-meh-dyah-SYOH-nehs Rare

Usage Note

Inmediaciones is almost always used in the plural and means the area immediately surrounding a place: en las inmediaciones del aeropuerto (in the vicinity of the airport). It derives from inmediato (immediate/adjacent). The singular inmediación exists but is rare in everyday use.

Examples

"El accidente ocurrió en las inmediaciones del túnel."

Natural Translation

The accident occurred in the vicinity of the tunnel.

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