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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, domain; scope |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, belt, block, clearing, country, demesne, district, division, domain, dominion, environs, expanse, field, ghetto, ground, inner city, jungle, land, locale, locality, neck of woods, neighborhood, part, place, precinct, province, quarter, range, realm, scene, section, sector, shire, sphere, stomping ground, suburb, terrain, territory, tract, turf*, vicinity, walk, ward, world, zone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | belt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strip of land with characteristic feature |
| Synonyms: | area, district, layer, region, stretch, territory, tract, zone |
| Main Entry: | circuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revolution, track, boundary |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, bounds, circle, circling, circulation, circumference, circumnavigation, circumscription, circumvolution, compass, course, cycle, district, gyration, gyre, journey, lap, limit, line, orbit, perambulation, perimeter, periphery, range, region, round, route, tour, tract, turn, turning, twirl, way, wheel, whirl, wind, winding, zone |
| Main Entry: | confines |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundaries |
| Synonyms: | borders, bounds, circumference, compass, country, dimension, edge, end, environs, extent, limits, orbit, periphery, precinct, proportions, purlieus, purview, radius, range, reach, region, scope, sweep, term, terrain, territory |
| Antonyms: | open |
| Main Entry: | country |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political territory; nation |
| Synonyms: | citizenry, citizens, commonwealth, community, constituents, electors, grass roots, homeland, inhabitants, kingdom, land, native land, patria, people, polity, populace, public, realm, region, society, soil, sovereign state, state, terrain, voters |
| Notes: | country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from Latin contrata (terra) 'the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view' and nation is from Latin nation-/natio 'race, class of person' a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically |
| Main Entry: | direction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | course, route |
| Synonyms: | aim, angle, area, aspect, bearing, beeline, bent, bias, current, drift, end, inclination, line, objective, orientation, outlook, path, point of compass, proclivity, range, region, road, set, side, slant, spot, standpoint, stream, tack, tendency, that-a-way, tide, track, trajectory, trend, viewpoint, way |
| Antonyms: | deviation, misdirection, wrong way |
| Main Entry: | district |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | geographical area |
| Synonyms: | commune, community, department, locale, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, parish, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, stomping ground, territory, turf*, vicinage, vicinity, ward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | domain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of expertise, rule |
| Synonyms: | authority, bailiwick, concern, demesne, department, discipline, district, dominion, empire, estate, field, home park, jurisdiction, land, neck of the woods, occupation, orbit*, power, province, quarter, realm, region, scope, slot, specialty, sphere, stomping grounds, terrain, territory, turf, walk, wing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dominion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of rule; authority |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authorization, bailiwick, command, commission, control, country, demesne, district, domain, dominance, domination, empire, enclave, field, government, jurisdiction, management, power, preeminence, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, privilege, property, province, realm, regency, regiment, regimentation, region, reign, rule, seniority, sovereignty, sphere, state, stomping grounds, supremacy, sway, terrain, territory, turf, walk |
| Antonyms: | outside |
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