environs has definitions from the field of geography
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[ noun ] (geography) the area in which something exists or lives

Examples

: "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

Used in print

(Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)

Churches can be strengthened through this process of co-optation so_long as the environs of the church provide a sufficient pool of people who can fit the pattern of economic integration ; once the pool of recruits diminishes , the congregation is helpless - friendly contacts no_longer keep it going .

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