| has gloss | (noun) a demarcated area of the Earth
geographic region, geographic area, geographical region, geographical area |
| lexicalization | eng: geographic area |
| lexicalization | eng: geographic region |
| lexicalization | eng: geographical area |
| lexicalization | eng: geographical region |
| subclass of | (noun) a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
region |
| has subclass | (noun) the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"
soil, territory |
| has subclass | (noun) a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
dependency, colony |
| has subclass | (noun) a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
semidesert |
| has subclass | (noun) an area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent; "this Mexican town has become a narco-state that ships 100 pounds of cocaine to the United States every day"
narco-state |
| has subclass | (noun) any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"
place, property |
| has subclass | (noun) the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin"
catchment area, drainage area, watershed, catchment basin, drainage basin, river basin, basin |
| has subclass | (noun) an outer adjacent area of any place
environs, purlieu |
| has subclass | (noun) any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude
geographical zone, zone |
| has subclass | (noun) the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
surround, environs, environment, surroundings |
| has subclass | (noun) a region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s
dust bowl |
| has subclass | (noun) half of the terrestrial globe
hemisphere |
| has subclass | (noun) a place of political unrest and potential violence; "the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots"
hotspot, hot spot |
| has subclass | (noun) a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area; "Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia"
panhandle |
| has subclass | (noun) an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
country, rural area |
| has subclass | (noun) the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
sphere, sphere of influence |
| has subclass | (noun) a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa"
field |
| has subclass | (noun) an area where a group of families live together
settlement |
| has subclass | (noun) an extended area of land
piece of land, parcel, piece of ground, tract, parcel of land |
| has subclass | (noun) a geographical area constituting a city or town
populated area, urban area |
| has subclass | (noun) a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
wild, wilderness |
| has subclass | (noun) (usually plural) an area where many people have died (usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbance)
killing field |
| has subclass | (noun) the northernmost countries of Europe
northern Europe |
| has subclass | (noun) a geographical subdivision of France
French region |
| has subclass | (noun) European countries bordering the Baltic Sea
Baltic Republic, Baltic State |
| has subclass | (noun) one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
Colony |
| has subclass | (noun) areas where Muslims are in the majority
Dar al-Islam, House of Islam |
| has subclass | (noun) areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted
House of War, Dar al-harb |
| Note: 122 other instance(s) ommited in the following list |
| has instance | (noun) an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina)
Appalachia |
| has instance | (noun) a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia; noted for its large colonies of penguins
Adelie Land, Terre Adelie, Adelie Coast |
| has instance | (noun) the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado
Southwest, southwestern United States |
| has instance | (noun) the northeastern region of the United States
northeastern United States, Northeast |
| has instance | (noun) a mountainous area of Antarctica bounded by the Ross Sea and Wilkes Land
Victoria Land |
| has instance | (noun) an ancient country is eastern Asia Minor
Cappadocia |
| has instance | (noun) region including the Caribbean Islands
Caribbean |
| has instance | (noun) the French colonies of the territory now occupied by Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
French Indochina |
| has instance | (noun) a former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993
Czechoslovakia |
| has instance | (noun) a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian
Scandinavia |
| has instance | (noun) the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701
Brandenburg |
| has instance | (noun) an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor
Lycia |
| has instance | (noun) a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese
Arcadia |
| has instance | (noun) the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"
Near East, Middle East, Mideast |
| has instance | (noun) an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry
Galilee |
| has instance | (noun) a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria; "artillery on the Golan Heights can dominate a large area of Israel"
Golan Heights, Golan |
| has instance | (noun) an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
Canaan, Holy Land, Palestine, Promised Land |
| has instance | (noun) an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times
Philistia |
| has instance | (noun) a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire |
| has instance | (noun) a former country bordering on the Adriatic Sea; now part of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro
Montenegro, Crna Gora |
| has instance | (noun) an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876
Northumbria |
| has instance | (noun) a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century
Wessex |
| has instance | (noun) a historical region of southwestern India on the west coast
Kanara, Canara |
| has instance | (noun) an ancient country in southwestern Asia to the east of the Tigris River (in what is modern Iran); was known for its warlike people
Susiana, Elam |
| has instance | (noun) an ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey
Thrace |
| has instance | (noun) an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)
Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea |
| has instance | (noun) an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II
Chaldea, Chaldaea |
| has instance | (noun) an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC
Sumer |
| has instance | (noun) the southern part of France
Midi |
| has instance | (noun) a geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam
Guiana |
| has instance | (noun) an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India
Kashmir, Cashmere, Jammu and Kashmir |
| has instance | (noun) an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia
Iberia |
| has instance | (noun) the part of Kurdistan that is in northwestern Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan |
| has instance | (noun) the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.)
East Coast |
| has instance | (noun) the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Confederate States of America, South, Confederacy, Confederate States, Dixieland, Dixie |
| has instance | (noun) the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
South |
| has instance | (noun) the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia
Tidewater, Tidewater region |
| has instance | (noun) the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
Carolinas, Carolina |
| has instance | (noun) the lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands
Low Countries |
| has instance | (noun) the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert
Black Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa |