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Definition of Environs

Environs
Environs En*vi"rons (?; 277), n. pl. [F.] The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. --Chesterfield.
Environ
Environ En*vi"ron, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Environed; p. pr. & vb. n. Environing.] [F. environner, fr. environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. viron circle, circuit, fr. OF. & F. virer to turn, LL. virare to turn up and down, topsy-turvy. Cf. Veer.] To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop. Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed. --Spenser. Environed he was with many foes. --Shak. Environ me with darkness whilst I write. --Donne.

Meaning of Environs from wikipedia

- Look up environ or environs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Environ or environs may refer to: Environ (Loft), a New York performance space Ramboll...
- Environs: Environmental Law and Policy Journal, is a student-run law review published twice per year at the University of California, Davis School of Law...
- City of Leeds, West Yorkshire is a large city in England that includes several separate towns and villages and many other identifiable areas. The metropolitan...
- The Environs of Aden (French: Les Environs d'Aden) is a 1940 adventure novel by the French writer Pierre Benoit. In 1956 it was turned into a film It Happened...
- Guide to the Cradle of Human Kind: Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai and Environs World Heritage Site (First ed.). Cape Town: Penguin Random House. p. 75...
- McConnell Dowell bought a majority interest in South Australian company Built Environs in 2008. McConnell Dowell was one of the construction partners in Stronger...
- conducted in the 1960s by Leslie Al**** and since 1992 by the South Cadbury Environs Project. These have revealed artifacts from human occupation and use from...
- on the children's TV show Play School. A folded map entitled Scarfolk & Environs: Road & Leisure Map for Uninvited Tourists was published by Herb Lester...
- related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem or simply the Mujahideen Shura Council (also known as the...
- Numbering Plan (NANP) forming an overlay complex for Houston, Texas and its environs. Area code 713 is one of the original four area codes established for Texas...