Synonyms for environs
ɛnˈvaɪ rənz, -ˈvaɪ ərnzen·vi·rons

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1. environment, environs, surroundings, surroundnoun

   the area in which something exists or lives

   "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

   Synonyms:
   surround, milieu, purlieu, environment, surroundings

2. environs, purlieunoun

   an outer adjacent area of any place

   Synonyms:
   surround, purlieu, environment, surroundings

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1. • Geographical Area

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1. environsnoun

   Synonyms:
   neighborhood, vicinity, vicinage

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1. List of paraphrases for "environs":

   surroundings, outskirts

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1. Alexander Herzen:

   People who have realized that this is a dream imagine that it is easy to wake up, and are angry with those who continue sleeping, not considering that the whole world that environs them does not permit them to wake. Life proceeds as a series of optical illusions, artificial needs and imaginary sensations.