"environs" in the noun sense
1. environment, environs, surroundings, surround
the area in which something exists or lives
"the country
2. environs, purlieu
an outer adjacent area of any place
"environs" in the verb sense
1. surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
extend on all sides of simultaneously encircle
"The forest surrounds my property"
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