Area and Environs

Area

Area noun - A part or portion having no fixed boundaries.

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Environs and area are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Environs" instead a noun "Area".

Environs noun - The districts adjacent to a city.

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Area and environs are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Area" instead a noun "Environs".

high	high area	high environs
small	small area	small environs
dark	dark area	dark environs
local	local area	local environs
Other adjectives: nearby, outdoor, urban, surrounding.

Three years later, Pierce and his team are called in to suppress an armed insurrection in the area around Rachel, Nevada, only to discover the town and surrounding environs are crawling with alien lifeforms as well as a small, well-organized army of hostile cyborg soldiers known as the Reborn.

Source: Video Game / Area 51 FPS
In Reality Shows, a camera which is set up in an isolated location (a small room or, in outdoor environs, a secluded area), where the show's participants appear individually to speak candidly about tactics, motivations, the other players, etc.

Source: Confession Cam
His second year started at a private school, but due to an epidemic of fever in the area, all the school's boys were sent home, and Tom was transferred mid-term to Rugby School, where he made acquaintance with the adults and boys who lived at the school and in its environs.

Source: Literature / Tom Brown's Schooldays

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