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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domain, region |
| Synonyms: | area, belt, block, boundary, colony, commonwealth, country, district, dominion, empire, enclave, exclave, expanse, extent, field, land, mandate, nation, neck of the woods, neighborhood, province, quarter, section, sector, sphere, state, stomping grounds, street, terrain, terrene, township, tract, turf*, walk, zone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arena |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of activity |
| Synonyms: | battlefield, battleground, domain, field, province, realm, scene, sector, sphere, territory, theatre |
| 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: | colony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community |
| Synonyms: | antecedents, clearing, dependency, dominion, mandate, new land, offshoot, outpost, possession, protectorate, province, satellite, settlement, subject state, swarm, territory |
| Main Entry: | community |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | society, area of people |
| Synonyms: | association, body politic, center, colony, commonality, commonwealth, company, district, general public, hamlet, locality, nation, neck of the woods, neighborhood, people, populace, public, residents, society, state, stomping ground, territory, turf |
| 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: | department |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of organization, area |
| Synonyms: | administration, agency, area, arena, beat, board, branch, bureau, canton, circuit, commission, commune, constituency, division, force, office, parish, precinct, quarter, range, staff, station, subdivision, territory, tract, unit, ward |
| 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
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