סביבה

Etymology 1
In form, the action noun of, from the root.

Noun

 * 1) Surroundings, environs, area, vicinity: that which, or those who, are close to someone or something.
 * הסביבה הקרובה — has'vivá hak'rová — the close vicinity
 * הוא גר פה בסביבה. — hu gar po bas'vivá. — He lives around here.
 * 1)  A neighborhood (of a point in a topological space): a superset of an open set containing a given point.
 * 2)  Surroundings, environment, reservoir: the universe outside of a system under consideration.
 * 3) The environment, the natural environment: nature.
 * הסביבה הטבעית — has'vivá hativ'ít — the natural environment
 * מדעי הסביבה — mad'éi-has'vivá — environmental sciences