circumjacent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lying around or surrounding a place or object

   The survey included the fortress and the circumjacent countryside.

From Latin circumjacens, the present participle of circumjacēre, 'to lie around,' formed from circum, 'around,' + jacēre, 'to lie.' English has used the adjective for surrounding territory since the late 15th century.

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