Neighboring

a.

1.

Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries.

Adj.	1.	neighboring - situated near one another; "neighbor states" Synonyms: neighbor, neighbour, neighbouring
	2.	neighboring - having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" Synonyms: abutting, adjoining, conterminous, adjacent, contiguous

abutting, adjoining, ambient, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, close, close-by, connecting, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, end to end, endways, endwise, enfolding, enveloping, environing, face to face, immediate, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, nearby, neighbor, next, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, touching, wrapping