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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
surroundings
noun
1: the environmental condition [syn: {milieu}]
2: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" [syn: {environment}, {environs}, {surround}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "surroundings": alentours, ambience, ambit, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, compass, context, entourage, environing circumstances, environment, environs, gestalt, habitat, milieu, neighborhood, outposts, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, precincts, purlieus, situation, suburbs, total environment, vicinage, vicinity
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