No. 817 in Italian
vicina
"Vicina" means "neighbor" (feminine) or "near/close" (feminine form).
In a sentence
La stazione è vicina alla mia casa.
The station is near my house.
Here, 'vicina' is used as an adjective agreeing with 'stazione,' describing proximity.
La mia vicina mi ha invitato a cena.
My neighbor invited me for dinner.
In this sentence, 'vicina' functions as a noun to mean '(female) neighbor.'
La parola che hai detto è molto vicina al significato corretto.
The word you said is very close to the correct meaning.
Here, 'vicina' is used metaphorically as an adjective, implying closeness in a semantic sense.
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