#area.region__country a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
supertype: region a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
instance: Bermuda_Triangle Saxony
subtype: arena the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially a sand-strewn area
subtype: bedground an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night
subtype: broadcast_area__broadcastarea the area over which a radio or tv transmission can be received
subtype: center.area__centre__middle__heart__eye an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
subtype: city_center__central_city__centralcity the central part of a city
subtype: financial_center__financialcenter the part of a city where financial institutions are centered
subtype: civic_center__civiccenter__hub__municipal_center__municipalcenter__down_town the center of a city
subtype: inner_city__innercity the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city
subtype: medical_center__medicalcenter the part of a city where medical facilities are centered
subtype: midfield the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
subtype: seat.center a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
subtype: capital_city__capitalcity__capital a seat of government
subtype: Camelot (Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there
subtype: national_capital the capital city of a nation
instance: Windhoek Kabul__capital_of_Afghanistan Tirana__Albanian_capital Algiers__Algerian_capital Luanda__Angolan_capital St._John's.Antigua_and_Barbuda__st.john'__capital_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda__Saint_John's Buenos_Aires__capital_of_Argentina Sofia__Serdica__Bulgarian_capital Yangon__Rangoon Bujumbura__Usumbura__capital_of_Burundi Phnom_Penh__Pnom_Penh__Cambodian_capital Yaounde__capital_of_Cameroon Praia__Cidade_de_Praia__capital_of_Cape_Verde Bangui__capital_of_Central_Africa Colombo__capital_of_Sri_Lanka N'Djamena__Ndjamena__Fort-Lamy__capital_of_Chad Gran_Santiago__Santiago__Santiago_de_Chile__capital_of_Chile Beijing__Peking__Peiping__peiping__capital_of_Red_China Taipei__capital_of_Taiwan Bogota__capital_of_Colombia Brazzaville Kinshasa__Leopoldville San_Jose.Costa_Rica__sanjose__capital_of_Costa_Rica Yamoussukro Guatemala_City__capital_of_Guatemala Tegucigalpa__Honduran_capital San_Salvador__Salvadoran_capital Managua__capital_of_Nicaragua__Nicaraguan_capital Panama_City.Panama__panamacity__capital_of_Panama__Panamanian_capital Mexico_City__Ciudad_de_Mexico__Mexican_capital__capital_of_Mexico Havana__capital_of_Cuba__Cuban_capital Port-au-Prince__Haitian_capital Santo_Domingo__Ciudad_Trujillo__capital_of_the_Dominican_Republic Kingston.Jamaica__kingston__capital_of_Jamaica__Jamaican_capital Port_of_Spain__Port-of-Spain__capital_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago Nicosia__capital_of_Cyprus Prague__Praha__Prag__Czech_capital Porto_Novo__capital_of_Benin Lome__capital_of_Togo Copenhagen__Kobenhavn__Danish_capital Djibouti.capital__djibouti__capital_of_Djibouti Roseau Malabo Oslo__Christiania__capital_of_Norway Stockholm__capital_of_Sweden Berlin__German_capital Quito__capital_of_Ecuador Asmara__Asmera Addis_Ababa__New_Flower__capital_of_Ethiopia Suva Helsinki__Helsingfors__capital_of_Finland__Finnish_capital Athens__Athinai__capital_of_Greece__Greek_capital Jerusalem__capital_of_Israel Roma__Rome__Eternal_City__Italian_capital__capital_of_Italy Bucharest__Bucharesti__Bucuresti__capital_of_Romania Kigali__capital_of_Rwanda Ljubljana Belgrade__Beograd__capital_of_Yugoslavia Zagreb Canadian_capital__Ottawa__capital_of_Canada Canberra__Australian_capital__capital_of_Australia Kolonia Funafuti Tarawa__Bairiki Port_Moresby__capital_of_Papua_New_Guinea Vienna__Austrian_capital__capital_of_Austria Nassau__capital_of_the_Bahamas Manama__capital_of_Bahrain Dahka__Dacca__capital_of_Bangladesh Bruxelles__Brussels__Belgian_capital__capital_of_Belgium Gaborone__capital_of_Botswana Brasilia__Brazilian_capital__capital_of_Brazil London__Greater_London__British_capital__capital_of_the_United_Kingdom Dublin__Irish_capital__capital_of_Ireland Cairo__El_Qahira__Egyptian_capital__capital_of_Egypt New_Delhi__Indian_capital__capital_of_India Kathmandu__Katmandu__capital_of_Nepal Lhasa__Lassa__capital_of_Tibet__Forbidden_City Jakarta__Djakarta__capital_of_Indonesia Teheran__Tehran__capital_of_Iran__Iranian_capital Baghdad__Bagdad__capital_of_Iraq Tokyo__Tokio__Yeddo__Yedo__Edo__Japanese_capital__capital_of_Japan Amman__capital_of_Jordan Nairobi__capital_of_Kenya Kuwait_City__capital_of_Kuwait__Kuwait__Koweit Paris__City_of_Light__French_capital__capital_of_France Libreville__capital_of_Gabon Banjul__capital_of_Gambia Accra__capital_of_Ghana St._George's__capital_of_Grenada Conakry__Konakri__capital_of_Guinea Bissau__capital_of_Guinea-Bissau Stabroek__Georgetown Amsterdam__Dutch_capital__capital_of_The_Netherlands Budapest__Hungarian_capital__capital_of_Hungary Reykjavik__capital_of_Iceland Pyongyang__capital_of_North_Korea Seoul__capital_of_South_Korea Vientiane__Laotian_capital__capital_of_Laos Beirut__capital_of_Lebanon Maseru__capital_of_Lesotho Monrovia__Liberian_capital__capital_of_Liberia Tripoli__capital_of_Libya Vaduz__capital_of_Liechtenstein Luxembourg-Ville__Luxembourg__Luxemburg__Luxembourg_City__capital_of_Luxembourg Skopje__Skoplje__Uskub Antananarivo__capital_of_Madagascar Lilongwe__capital_of_Malawi Kuala_Lumpur__Malaysian_capital__capital_of_Malaysia Male Bamako Valletta__Valetta__capital_of_Malta Nouakchott Port_Louis Monaco-Ville Ulan_Bator__Ulaanbaatar__Urga__Kulun__capital_of_Mongolia Rabat__capital_of_Morocco Maputo__capital_of_Mozambique Wellington__capital_of_New_Zealand Niamey__capital_of_Niger Abuja__capital_of_Nigeria__Nigerian_capital Muscat__Masqat__capital_of_Oman Islamabad__capital_of_Pakistan Asuncion__capital_of_Paraguay Lima__capital_of_Peru Manila__capital_of_the_Philippines Warsaw__capital_of_Poland Lisbon__Lisboa__capital_of_Portugal Doha__Bida__El_Beda__capital_of_Qatar Basseterre Castries Kingstown.Saint_Vincent__kingstown Apia__capital_of_Western_Samoa San_Marino.capital__sanmarino__capital_of_San_Marino Sao_Tome Riyadh__capital_of_Saudi_Arabia Mecca Dakar__capital_of_Senegal Victoria.Seychelles__victoria__capital_of_Seychelles Freetown__capital_of_Sierra_Leone__capitalofsierraleone Singapore.capital__singapore__capital_of_Singapore Honiara Mogadishu__Mogadiscio__capital_of_Somalia Pretoria__capital_of_South_Africa__capitalofsouthafrica Moscow__capital_of_the_Russian_Federation__Russian_capital Madrid__capital_of_Spain__Spanish_capital Khartoum__capital_of_Sudan Paramaribo__capital_of_Suriname Mbabane__capital_of_Swaziland Bern__Berne__capital_of_Switzerland Damascus__capital_of_Syria Dar_es_Salaam__capital_of_Tanzania Bangkok__capital_of_Thailand__Krung_Thep Tunis__capital_of_Tunisia Ankara__Turkish_capital__capital_of_Turkey Kampala__capital_of_Uganda Abu_Dhabi__United_Arab_Emirates's_capital Washington__American_capital__capital_of_the_United_States Montevideo__capital_of_Uruguay Port_Vila__Vila__capital_of_Vanuatu Caracas__capital_of_Venezuela Hanoi__capital_of_Vietnam San'a__Sanaa__Sana Lusaka__capital_of_Zambia Harare__Salisbury__capital_of_Zimbabwe
subtype: provincial_capital the capital city of a province
instance: Edmonton Victoria.British_Columbia__victoria Winnipeg Fredericton Saint_John's.Newfoundland__saintjohn'__St._John's Halifax Toronto Charlottetown Quebec_City__Quebec Regina Whitehorse Darwin
subtype: state_capital__statecapital the capital city of a United States state
instance: Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Hobart Adelaide Perth Montgomery__capital_of_Alabama Juneau__capital_of_Alaska Phoenix.Arizona__phoenix__capitalofarizona Little_Rock__capital_of_Arkansas Sacramento__capital_of_California Denver__Mile-High_City__capital_of_Colorado Hartford__capital_of_Connecticut Dover__capital_of_Delaware Tallahassee__capital_of_Florida Atlanta__capital_of_Georgia Honolulu__capital_of_Hawaii__Hawaiian_capital Boise__capital_of_Idaho Springfield.Illinois__springfield__capitalofillinoi Indianapolis__capital_of_Indiana Des_Moines__capital_of_Iowa Topeka__capital_of_Kansas Frankfort__capital_of_Kentucky Baton_Rouge__capital_of_Louisiana Augusta.Maine__augusta__capital_of_Maine Annapolis__capital_of_Maryland Boston__Hub_of_the_Universe__Beantown__capital_of_Massachusetts Lansing__capital_of_Michigan Saint_Paul__St._Paul__capital_of_Minnesota Jackson.Mississippi__jackson__capitalofmississippi Jefferson_City__capital_of_Missouri Helena__capital_of_Montana Lincoln.Nebraska__lincoln__capital_of_Nebraska Carson_City__capital_of_Nevada Concord.New_Hampshire__concord__capital_of_New_Hampshire Trenton__capital_of_New_Jersey Santa_Fe__capital_of_New_Mexico Albany.New_York_State__albany__capital_of_New_York Raleigh__capital_of_North_Carolina Bismarck__capital_of_North_Dakota Columbus.Ohio__columbu__capitalofohio Oklahoma_City__capital_of_Oklahoma Salem.Oregon__salem__capital_of_Oregon Harrisburg__capital_of_Pennsylvania Providence__capital_of_Rhode_Island Columbia.South_Carolina__columbia__capital_of_South_Carolina Pierre__capital_of_South_Dakota Nashville__capital_of_Tennessee Austin__capital_of_Texas Salt_Lake_City__capital_of_Utah Montpelier__capital_of_Vermont Richmond__capital_of_Virginia Olympia.Washington_State__olympia__capitalofwashington Charleston.West_Virginia__charleston__capital_of_West_Virginia Madison__capital_of_Wisconsin Cheyenne.Wyoming__cheyenne__capital_of_Wyoming
instance: George_Town Bridgetown__capital_of_Barbados Bratislava__capital_of_Slovakia__Pressburg__Pozsony Sucre Belfast__capital_of_Northern_Ireland Edinburgh Cardiff Minsk__capital_of_Byelorussia Tallinn__capital_of_Estonia Riga__capital_of_Latvia Vilnius__Vilna__Vilno__Wilno__capital_of_Lithuania Kishinev__Chisinau__capital_of_Moldova Kiev__capital_of_the_Ukraine Yerevan__Jerevan__Erivan__capital_of_Armenia Baku__capital_of_Azerbaijan Tbilisi__Tiflis__capital_of_Georgia Astana__Akmola__capital_of_Kazakhstan Bishkek__Biskek__Frunze__capital_of_Kyrgystan Dushanbe__Dusanbe__Dyushambe__Stalinabad__capital_of_Tajikistan Ashkhabad__capital_of_Turkmenistan Tashkent__Taskent__capital_of_Uzbek
subtype: county_seat__county_courthouse the town or city that is the seat of government for a county
subtype: county_town__shire_town__shiretown (British) the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
subtype: see the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
instance: Holy_See__The_Holy_See__State_of_the_Vatican_City
instance: La_Paz
subtype: midstream the middle of a stream
subtype: corner.area a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye"
subtype: remote_corner__corner a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
subtype: disaster_area a region whose population is affected by a general disaster
subtype: haunt__hangout__resort__repair__stamping_ground a frequently visited place
subtype: gathering_place a favorite haunt where people gather
subtype: fireside__hearth an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
subtype: hunting_ground.area__huntingground an area in which game is hunted
subtype: no-man's-land__no_man's_land an unoccupied area between opposing armies
subtype: circle_quadrant__quadrant the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle
subtype: quadrant.area any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes
subtype: staging_area__stagingarea an area where troops and equipment in transit are assembled before a military operation
subtype: open.area__clear a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water: "finally broke out of the forest into the open"
subtype: free_zone__free_port an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties
subtype: anchorage_ground__anchorageground__anchorage place for vessels to anchor
subtype: mooring__berth__slip a place where a craft can be made fast
subtype: roads__road__roadstead a partly sheltered anchorage
subtype: resort__holiday_resort__holidayresort__vacation_spot__playground an area where many people go for recreation
subtype: dude_ranch a holiday resort offering ranch activities (riding and camping)
subtype: ski_resort__skiresort a resort with lodging and facilities for skiing
subtype: watering_place__watering_hole__spa a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
instance: Wiesbaden
instance: Waikiki
subtype: city_block__block a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings; "he lives in the next block"
subtype: retreat.area a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
subtype: Camp_David retreat northwest of Washington used by the president of the United States
subtype: nook a sheltered and secluded place
subtype: nest.retreat a cosy or secluded retreat
subtype: pleasance a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion
subtype: sanctum__sanctum_sanctorum__sanctumsanctorum a place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go"
subtype: safety.area__refuge a safe place; "He ran to safety"
subtype: harborage__harbourage a place of refuge (as for a ship)
subtype: danger.area a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"
subtype: scene the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime"
subtype: light.scene an illuminated area; "he stepped into the light"
subtype: darkness.scene__dark__shadow an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
subtype: stage.scene any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations"
subtype: locale__venue__locus__locu the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
subtype: plane_section__planesection__section (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
subtype: cross_section__crosssection a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis
subtype: profile.cross_section a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
subtype: soil_profile a vertical section of soil from the ground surface to the parent rock
subtype: section.area a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"
subtype: outskirts__outskirt outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston" or "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"
subtype: vicinity__locality__neighborhood__neighbourhood a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"
subtype: place.vicinity a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago"
subtype: proximity the region close around a person or thing
subtype: presence.proximity__front the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"
subtype: scenery the appearance of a place
subtype: landscape an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
subtype: seascape.scenery a view of the sea
instance: Left_Bank__Latin_Quarter Montmartre Right_Bank
instance: Forbidden_City
subtype: shrubbery.area an area where a number of shrubs are planted
subtype: space.area an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"
subtype: crawlspace__crawl_space low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing
subtype: disk_space__disc_space (computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk
subtype: disk_overhead__overhead (computer science) the disk space required for non-data information (used for location and timing)
subtype: swap_space__swap_file the disk space that is set aside for virtual memory
subtype: no-parking_zone a space where automobiles are not allowed to park
subtype: parking_space__parkingspace__parking_zone__parkingzone a space where an automobile can be parked
subtype: seat.space__place a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place"
subtype: perch.seat an elevated place serving as a seat
subtype: terreplein level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart
subtype: workspace space allocated for your work (as in an office)
subtype: tank_farm an area used exclusively for storing petroleum in large tanks
subtype: winner's_circle a small area at a racecourse where awards are given to the owners of winning horses
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