[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

surroundings
     n 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
see also:
milieu environment environs surround 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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