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Meanings of environs in inglés

portugués
meio ambiente
catalán
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español
entorno

The area in which something exists or lives.

        entorno

        The set of all natural and human-made surroundings that affect individuals, social groupings, and other life.

              An outer adjacent area of any place.

                    Synonyms
                    Examples for "purlieu"
                    Examples for "purlieu"
                    1
                    But some dim purlieu of the Edgware Road.
                    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914
                    2
                    The mission occupied eight or ten ares of enclosed land, a barren purlieu that held a few goats and burros.
                    Blood Meridian
                    3
                    The corn grown on the upland side of the borough was garnered by farmers who lived in an eastern purlieu called Durnover.
                    The Mayor of Casterbridge
                    4
                    It had been expected that the red monster would raise its head, if at all, in some purlieu of the east side.
                    An Original Belle
                    5
                    Sir, -I recently informed a poster erector that he was illegally affixing a poster within the purlieu of a polling station.
                    The Irish Times
                    Usage of environs in inglés
                    1
                    In the environs of Mogador, these doves are the principal birds shot.
                    Travels in Morocco, Volume 2.
                    2
                    The spot commanded a full view of the town and its environs.
                    The Mayor of Casterbridge
                    3
                    All before her and alongside lay the squalid environs of the town.
                    The Call of the Canyon
                    4
                    This need for spruced-up environs at Christmas is practically in our DNA.
                    Jamaica Observer
                    5
                    Fever has always been the dreaded goddess of the environs of Rome.
                    A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate
                    6
                    Nothing can exceed the frightful aspect of the environs of this bay.
                    The World of Waters, Or, A Peaceful Progress O'er the Unpathed S...
                    7
                    He preferred to look at the environs of the city of Anu.
                    The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
                    8
                    We travel to Florence, where we have a villa in the environs.
                    The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
                    9
                    A more sedate way of exploring the volcano's environs is by train.
                    The Guardian
                    10
                    The harbor and its environs looked immensely gay in the brilliant sunshine.
                    A Spirit in Prison
                    11
                    The city and its environs contained a hundred and seventy thousand inhabitants.
                    Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
                    12
                    Never were the environs of a city so wantonly and recklessly degraded.
                    Worldly Ways & Byways
                    13
                    You would find the climate healthy, you would find the environs attractive.
                    A Farewell to Arms
                    14
                    There was a telephone system established throughout the city and its environs.
                    The Philippine Islands / A Political, Geographical, Ethnographic...
                    15
                    At Cauro I had a fine view of Ajaccio and its environs.
                    Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and...
                    16
                    An hour's ride brought them to the environs of the little town.
                    Black Jack
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                    entorno
                    Environs through the time
                    Environs across language varieties
                    Ireland
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common