(n. pl.) The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.

airspace alentours ambience ambit approach approximation area belt borderlands boundary bounds circle circuit circumambiencies circumjacencies circumstances closeness compass confines context continental shelf convergence corridor country department district division entourage environing circumstances environment foreground fringes gestalt ground habitat heartland hinterland immediacy immediate foreground land limits locality milieu nearness neighborhood nighness offshore rights outposts outskirts part parts perimeter periphery place precinct precincts premises propinquity proximity purlieus quarter region salient section situation soil space suburbs surroundings terrain territory three-mile limit total environment twelve-mile limit vicinage vicinity zone