environs Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the area in which something exists or lives
    environment; surroundings; surround.
    • the country--the flat agricultural surround
  2. noun an outer adjacent area of any place
    purlieu.
  3. verb extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
    skirt; ring; border; environ; surround.
    • The forest surrounds my property

WordNet

En*vi"rons noun plural
Etymology
F.
Definitions
  1. The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. Chesterfield.

Webster 1913