geographical area
English Thesaurus
1. a demarcated area of the Earth (noun.location)
| hypernym | : | region, |
| definition | : | a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | soil, territory, |
| definition | : | the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | colony, dependency, |
| definition | : | a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | semidesert, |
| definition | : | a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | narco-state, |
| definition | : | an area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | place, property, |
| definition | : | any area set aside for a particular purpose (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | environs, purlieu, |
| definition | : | an outer adjacent area of any place (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | geographical zone, zone, |
| definition | : | any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | dust bowl, |
| definition | : | a region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | hemisphere, |
| definition | : | half of the terrestrial globe (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | hot spot, hotspot, |
| definition | : | a place of political unrest and potential violence (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | panhandle, |
| definition | : | a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | country, rural area, |
| definition | : | an area outside of cities and towns (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | sphere, sphere of influence, |
| definition | : | the geographical area in which one nation is very influential (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | field, |
| definition | : | a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | settlement, |
| definition | : | an area where a group of families live together (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | wild, wilderness, |
| definition | : | a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | killing field, |
| definition | : | (usually plural) an area where many people have died (usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbance) (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | northern europe, |
| definition | : | the northernmost countries of Europe (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | french region, |
| definition | : | a geographical subdivision of France (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | colony, |
| definition | : | one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | dar al-harb, house of war, |
| definition | : | areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | andalucia, andalusia, |
| definition | : | a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | appalachia, |
| definition | : | an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina) (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | adelie coast, adelie land, terre adelie, |
| definition | : | a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia; noted for its large colonies of penguins (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bad lands, badlands, |
| definition | : | an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | barbary, |
| definition | : | a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bithynia, |
| definition | : | an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | nubia, |
| definition | : | an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | caucasia, caucasus, |
| definition | : | a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | transcaucasia, |
| definition | : | a geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and to the north of Turkey that comprises Georgia and Armenia and Azerbaijan (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | coats land, |
| definition | : | a region of western Antarctica along the southeastern shore of the Weddell Sea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | east, eastern united states, |
| definition | : | the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | southwest, southwestern united states, |
| definition | : | the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | pacific northwest, |
| definition | : | a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | enderby land, |
| definition | : | a region of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Wilkes Land; claimed by Australia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | finger lakes, |
| definition | : | a geographical area in central New York State that is named for a series of narrow glacial lakes that lie parallel in a north-south direction (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | maghreb, mahgrib, |
| definition | : | the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | big bend, |
| definition | : | a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend in the Rio Grande (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | queen maud land, |
| definition | : | a region of Antarctica between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea; claimed by Norway (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | victoria land, |
| definition | : | a mountainous area of Antarctica bounded by the Ross Sea and Wilkes Land (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | wilkes land, |
| definition | : | a coastal region of Antarctica on the Indian Ocean to the south of Australia; most of the territory is claimed by Australia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | west, western united states, |
| definition | : | the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | east africa, |
| definition | : | a geographical area in eastern Africa (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cappadocia, |
| definition | : | an ancient country is eastern Asia Minor (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | galatia, |
| definition | : | an ancient country in central Asia Minor (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | phrygia, |
| definition | : | an ancient country in western and central Asia Minor (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | pontus, |
| definition | : | an ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | illyria, |
| definition | : | an uncertain region on the east shore of the Adriatic where an ancient Indo-European people once lived (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | caribbean, |
| definition | : | region including the Caribbean Islands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bengal, |
| definition | : | a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | patagonia, |
| definition | : | region in southern South America between the Andes and the South Atlantic (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | pampas, |
| definition | : | the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | southeast asia, |
| definition | : | a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | manchuria, |
| definition | : | a region in northeastern China (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | turkestan, turkistan, |
| definition | : | a historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | french indochina, |
| definition | : | the French colonies of the territory now occupied by Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | mesoamerica, |
| definition | : | Mexico and Central America (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | czechoslovakia, |
| definition | : | a former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | moravia, |
| definition | : | a region in the central and eastern part of the Czech Republic; it lies to the east of Bohemia and to the west of the Carpathians (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bohemia, |
| definition | : | a historical area and former kingdom in the Czech Republic (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | scandinavia, |
| definition | : | a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | sachsen, saxe, saxony, |
| definition | : | an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | rheinland, rhineland, |
| definition | : | a picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | brandenburg, |
| definition | : | the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | preussen, prussia, |
| definition | : | a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | ruhr, ruhr valley, |
| definition | : | a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | thuringia, |
| definition | : | a historical region of southern Germany (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | karelia, |
| definition | : | a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | epirus, |
| definition | : | an ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC; located in northwestern Greece and southern Albania (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | laconia, |
| definition | : | an ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus; dominated by Sparta (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | lycia, |
| definition | : | an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | lydia, |
| definition | : | an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | thessalia, thessaly, |
| definition | : | a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | arcadia, |
| definition | : | a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | middle east, mideast, near east, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | fertile crescent, |
| definition | : | a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | west bank, |
| definition | : | an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river; populated largely by Palestinians (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | galilee, |
| definition | : | an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | gaza, gaza strip, |
| definition | : | a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | golan, golan heights, |
| definition | : | a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | canaan, holy land, palestine, promised land, |
| definition | : | an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | juda, judah, |
| definition | : | an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | judaea, judea, |
| definition | : | the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | philistia, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | serbia, srbija, |
| definition | : | a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | crna gora, montenegro, |
| definition | : | a former country bordering on the Adriatic Sea; now part of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | dalmatia, |
| definition | : | a historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea; mountainous with many islands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | labrador, |
| definition | : | the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | klondike, |
| definition | : | a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | austria-hungary, |
| definition | : | a geographical area in central and eastern Europe; broken into separate countries at the end of World War I (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | british empire, |
| definition | : | a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cumbria, |
| definition | : | a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | new forest, |
| definition | : | an area of woods and heathland in southern Hampshire that was set aside by William I as Crown property in 1079; originally a royal hunting ground but now administered as parkland; noted for its ponies (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | east anglia, |
| definition | : | a region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | lancashire, |
| definition | : | a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | yorkshire, |
| definition | : | a former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | northumbria, |
| definition | : | an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | west country, |
| definition | : | the southwestern part of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset) (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | wessex, |
| definition | : | a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | ulster, |
| definition | : | a historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island; six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | caledonia, |
| definition | : | the geographical area (in Roman times) to the north of the Antonine Wall; now a poetic name for Scotland (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | hindustan, |
| definition | : | northern region of India where Hinduism predominates (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | sikkim, |
| definition | : | a geographical area and former kingdom in northeastern India in the Himalaya Mountains between Nepal and Bhutan (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | canara, kanara, |
| definition | : | a historical region of southwestern India on the west coast (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | punjab, |
| definition | : | a historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | gujarat, gujerat, |
| definition | : | a region of western India to the north of Bombay (bordering the Arabian Sea) where Gujarati is spoken (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | maharashtra, |
| definition | : | a historical area in west-central India (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | gulf states, |
| definition | : | the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | elam, susiana, |
| definition | : | an ancient country in southwestern Asia to the east of the Tigris River (in what is modern Iran); was known for its warlike people (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | levant, |
| definition | : | the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | macedon, macedonia, makedonija, |
| definition | : | the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | thrace, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | mesopotamia, |
| definition | : | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | babylonia, chaldaea, chaldea, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | chaldaea, chaldea, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | sumer, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | assyria, |
| definition | : | an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | phenicia, phoenicia, |
| definition | : | an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | gallia, gaul, |
| definition | : | an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | riviera, |
| definition | : | a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | midi, |
| definition | : | the southern part of France (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | normandie, normandy, |
| definition | : | a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | orleanais, |
| definition | : | a former province of north central France; centered around Orleans (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | lyonnais, |
| definition | : | a former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | savoy, |
| definition | : | a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | guiana, |
| definition | : | a geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | friesland, |
| definition | : | the western part of the ancient region of Frisia in northern Europe on the North Sea between the Scheldt river and the Weser river; part of this region is now a province in the Netherlands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | frisia, |
| definition | : | an ancient region of northwestern Europe including the Frisian Islands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | thule, ultima thule, |
| definition | : | the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | lapland, lappland, |
| definition | : | a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | tartary, tatary, |
| definition | : | the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | mongolia, |
| definition | : | a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | spanish sahara, western sahara, |
| definition | : | an area in northwestern Africa with rich phosphate deposits; under Moroccan control since 1992 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cashmere, jammu and kashmir, kashmir, |
| definition | : | an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | parthia, |
| definition | : | an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | najd, nejd, |
| definition | : | a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | hedjaz, hejaz, hijaz, |
| definition | : | a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | chechen republic, chechenia, chechnya, |
| definition | : | an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | siberia, |
| definition | : | a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | european russia, |
| definition | : | the part of Russia that is part of Europe (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | livonia, |
| definition | : | a region on the Baltic that is divided between northern Estonia and southern Latvia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | colchis, |
| definition | : | (Greek mythology) a region on the Black Sea to the south of the Caucasus that was the site of an ancient country where (according to Greek mythology) Jason sought the Golden Fleece (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | iberia, |
| definition | : | an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | latin america, |
| definition | : | the parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | galicia, |
| definition | : | a region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | leon, |
| definition | : | a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | soudan, sudan, |
| definition | : | a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | tanganyika, |
| definition | : | a former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | kurdistan, |
| definition | : | an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | iraqi kurdistan, |
| definition | : | the part of Kurdistan that is in northwestern Iraq (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | ionia, |
| definition | : | region of western Asia Minor colonized by ancient Greeks (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | east coast, |
| definition | : | the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.) (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | west coast, |
| definition | : | the western seaboard of the United States from Washington to southern California (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | new england, |
| definition | : | a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | mid-atlantic states, |
| definition | : | a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | gulf states, |
| definition | : | a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | south, |
| definition | : | the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | deep south, |
| definition | : | the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | sunbelt, |
| definition | : | states in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | tidewater, tidewater region, |
| definition | : | the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | piedmont, |
| definition | : | the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | north, |
| definition | : | the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | carolina, carolinas, |
| definition | : | the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | dakota, |
| definition | : | the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | low countries, |
| definition | : | the lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | lusitania, |
| definition | : | ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | schlesien, silesia, slask, slezsko, |
| definition | : | a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | big sur, |
| definition | : | a picturesque coastal region of California to the south of San Francisco (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | silicon valley, |
| definition | : | a region in California to the south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | scythia, |
| definition | : | an ancient area of Eurasia extending from the Black Sea to the Aral Sea that was populated by Scythians from the eighth to the fourth century BC (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | north africa, |
| definition | : | an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | west africa, |
| definition | : | an area of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea (noun.location) |
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