#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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