#location a point or extent in space
supertype: space (pm) point or extent in space
part of: space
subtype: here the present location; this place; "where do we go from here?"
subtype: there a location other than here; that place; "you can take it from there"
subtype: home the country or state or city where you live; "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey"
subtype: base.location__home the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
subtype: Earth the abode of mortals (as contrasted with heaven or hell); "it was hell on earth"
subtype: line.location a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
subtype: part.line a line where the hair is parted; "his part was right in the middle"
subtype: axis a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
subtype: coordinate_axis one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system
subtype: x-axis the horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system
subtype: y-axis the vertical axis in a plane coordinate system
subtype: z-axis the third axis in a 3-dimensional coordinate system
subtype: major_axis the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid; passes through the two foci
subtype: semimajor_axis one-half the major axis of an ellipse; the distance from the center of an ellipse to one end
subtype: minor_axis the shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid
subtype: semiminor_axis one-half the minor axis of an ellipse
subtype: principal_axis__optic_axis a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted
subtype: aclinic_line__aclinicline__magnetic_equator an imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip
subtype: agonic_line an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is zero
subtype: isogonic_line__isogonal_line__isogone an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is the same
subtype: crest the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
subtype: timber_line__timberline__tree_line line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes
subtype: snow_line the line on a mountain above which there is perpetual snow and ice
subtype: fault_line__faultline (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
subtype: great_circle__greatcircle a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
subtype: celestial_equator__celestialequator__equinoctial_circle__equinoctialcircle__equinoctial_line__equinoctialline__equinoctial the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles
subtype: right_ascension an arc of the celestial equator eastward from the vernal equinox
subtype: ecliptic the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator; "all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic"
subtype: equator an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles; "the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres"
subtype: celestial_horizon__celestialhorizon__horizon the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
subtype: hour_circle a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles
subtype: meridian__longitude__line_of_longitude an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"
subtype: observer's_meridian a meridian that passes through the observer's zenith
subtype: prime_meridian__primemeridian meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich (England) longitude)
subtype: magnetic_meridian an imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth
subtype: date_line__dateline__International_Date_Line an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
subtype: vertical_circle a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and perpendicular to the horizon
subtype: hemline the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat
subtype: hipline.line the line formed by the lower edge of hip-length garment
subtype: hipline the line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part
subtype: apparent_horizon__horizon__visible_horizon__visiblehorizon__sensible_horizon__skyline the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
subtype: isogram__isopleth__isarithm a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable
subtype: isobar an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time
subtype: isochrone an isogram connecting points at which something occurs or arrives at the same time
subtype: isohel an isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine
subtype: isotherm an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time
subtype: flight_line place where airplanes are parked and the maintenance hangars (but not the runways or taxiways)
subtype: line_of_sight__line_of_vision a straight line along which an observer looks
subtype: parallel_of_latitude__latitude__line_of_latitude__parallel an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
subtype: polar_circle__polarcircle a line of latitude at the north or south poles
instance: Antarctic_Circle Arctic_Circle
subtype: horse_latitude__horselatitude either of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south; characterized by calms and light baffling winds
subtype: tropic either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics
instance: Tropic_of_Cancer Tropic_of_Capricorn
subtype: lunar_latitude__lunarlatitude an imaginary line around the moon parallel to its equator
subtype: itinerary__path__route an established line of travel or access
subtype: feeder_line a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline)
subtype: main_line the principal route of a transportation system
subtype: data_track__track (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
subtype: air_lane__airlane__flight_path__airway a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
subtype: approach_path__approach__glide_path__glidepath__glide_slope__glideslope the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
subtype: traffic_pattern__trafficpattern__approach_pattern__pattern the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted"
subtype: flight_path the path of an aircraft or rocket through the air
subtype: beat.itinerary__round a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
subtype: bus_route__busroute the route regularly followed by a passenger bus
subtype: line_of_flight the path along which a freely moving object travels through the air
subtype: line_of_march.itinerary__lineofmarch the route along which a column advances
subtype: celestial_orbit__celestialorbit__orbit the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon"
subtype: geosynchronous_orbit a circular orbit around the Earth having a period of 24 hours
subtype: geostationary_orbit__geostationaryorbit a geosynchronous orbit that is fixed with respect to a position on the Earth
subtype: electron_orbit__orbit the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
subtype: beeline the most direct route; "he made a beeline for the bathroom"
subtype: circuit.itinerary an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to; "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit"
subtype: crosscut a diagonal path
subtype: supply_line__supply_route a route over which supplies can be delivered
subtype: line_of_fire the path of a missile discharged from a firearm
subtype: migration_route__migrationroute__flyway the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate
subtype: fairway.itinerary the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or costal waters
subtype: direction.itinerary__way a line leading to a place or point: "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"
subtype: bearing.direction__heading__aim the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
subtype: tack.bearing the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
subtype: course.direction__trend general line of orientation: "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
subtype: tendency.direction__trend a general direction in which something tends to move: "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
subtype: trade_route__traderoute a route followed by traders (usually in caravans)
instance: Silk_Road
subtype: Northwest_Passage a water route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)
subtype: quarter-circle__quartercircle__quadrant a quarter of the circumference of a circle
subtype: rhumb_line__rhumbline__rhumb a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction
subtype: danger_line a line beyond which it is dangerous to go
subtype: side.line a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side"
subtype: waterline__water_line__waterline__water_level a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
subtype: load_line__Plimsoll_line__Plimsoll_mark__Plimsoll waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded
subtype: water_line__waterline__watermark a line marking the level reached by a body of water
subtype: high-water_mark a line marking the highest level reached
subtype: low-water_mark__lowwatermark a line marking the lowest level reached
subtype: watershed__water_parting__waterparting__divide a line that divides two adjacent river systems
subtype: continental_divide__continentaldivide the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges)
instance: Great_Divide__Great_Dividing_Range
subtype: path.line__track__course a line or route along which something travels or moves: "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
subtype: collision_course.path__collisioncourse a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged
subtype: inside_track.path__insidetrack the inner side of a curved racecourse
subtype: round.path the course along which communications spread; "the story is going the rounds in Washington"
subtype: steps__step the course along which a person has walked or is walking in; "I followed in his steps"; "he retraced his steps"
subtype: swath.path__belt a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
subtype: trail.path a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"
subtype: slot.trail the trail of an animal (especially a deer)
subtype: spoor the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game; "the hounds followed the fox's spoor"
subtype: line_of_force__field_line__fieldline an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line at any point is the direction of the force at that point
subtype: electrical_line_of_force a line of force in an electrical field
subtype: magnetic_line_of_force a line of force in a magnetic field
subtype: point the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
subtype: punctum (anatomy) a point or small area
subtype: blind_spot__blindspot__optic_disc__opticdisc__optic_disk__opticdisk the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light
subtype: navel__umbilicu__bellybutton__omphalos__omphalus scar where the umbilical cord was attached
subtype: McBurney's_point a point one third of the way along a line drawn from the hip to the umbilicus; the point of maximum sensitivity in acute appendicitis
subtype: origin.point the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
subtype: node.point (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system
subtype: antinode (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system
subtype: origin__root__rootage__source__beginning the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
subtype: derivation.beginning the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"
subtype: spring.beginning a point at which water issues forth
subtype: headspring__fountainhead__head the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
subtype: headwaters the source of a river; "the headwaters of the Nile"
subtype: wellspring__wellhead the source of water for a well
subtype: jumping-off_place__jumpingoffplace__jumping-off_point__jumpingoffpoint a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
subtype: birthplace__cradle__place_of_origin__provenance where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
subtype: home.beginning place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball"
subtype: point_source__pointsource a spatially constricted by concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution)
subtype: trail_head__trailhead the beginning of a trail
subtype: celestial_point a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere)
subtype: apex_of_the_sun's_way__apex__solar_apex__solarapex the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
subtype: antapex the point opposite in direction from the solar apex; the point the solar system is moving away from
subtype: point_of_apoapsis__apoapsis (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
subtype: apogee apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth
subtype: aphelion apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun
subtype: apojove apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter
subtype: aposelene__apolune apoapsis in orbit around the moon
subtype: node.celestial_point (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
subtype: ascending_node__ascendingnode the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north
subtype: descending_node the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going south
subtype: equinoctial_point__equinoctialpoint__equinox (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
subtype: vernal_equinox (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces
subtype: autumnal_equinox (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Virgo
subtype: nadir the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
subtype: point_of_periapsis__periapsis__periapsi (astronomy) the point in as orbit closest to the body being orbited
subtype: perigee periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth
subtype: perihelion periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun
subtype: perijove periapsis in orbit around Jupiter
subtype: periselene__perilune periapsis in orbit around the moon
subtype: celestial_pole__celestialpole__pole one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
subtype: north_celestial_pole__northcelestialpole the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere; near Polaris
subtype: south_celestial_pole__southcelestialpole the celestial pole above the southern hemisphere
subtype: zenith the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
subtype: midpoint__center__centre a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
subtype: bight the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
subtype: center_of_curvature__centre_of_curvature the center of the circle of curvature
subtype: bowels the center of the Earth
subtype: bull's_eye.midpoint__bull'seye__bull the center of a target
subtype: centroid__center_of_mass point representing the mean position of the matter in a body
subtype: barycenter (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve
subtype: center_of_gravity__centre_of_gravity the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act
subtype: storm_center.midpoint__stormcenter__storm_centre__stormcentre the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm
subtype: core the center of an object; "do not eat the apple core"
subtype: corncob the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
subtype: navel_point__navel the center point or middle of something
subtype: nombril the center point on a shield
subtype: core.midpoint the central part of the earth
subtype: nucleus__nucleu the positively charged dense center of an atom
subtype: nucleus.midpoint__nucleu (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
subtype: trichion__crinion point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead
subtype: line_corner__corner the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle"
subtype: canthus either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet
subtype: nasal_canthus__nasalcanthu the inner corner of the eye
subtype: temporal_canthus the outer corner of the eye
subtype: crossing.point a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
subtype: focus.point__focu a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
subtype: geographic_point__geographical_point a point on the surface of the Earth
subtype: workplace__work a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today"
subtype: bakery__bakeshop__bakehouse a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold
subtype: patisserie a bakery specializing in French pastry
subtype: beehive any workplace where people are very busy
subtype: brokerage_house__brokeragehouse__brokerage place where a broker conducts his business
subtype: central__telephone_exchange__telephoneexchange__exchange a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
subtype: centrex (CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange
subtype: switchboard__patchboard__plugboard telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
subtype: colliery__pit a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
subtype: creamery a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold
subtype: drill_site__drillsite workplace that is the site of a drill hole
subtype: exchange.workplace a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
subtype: commodity_exchange__commodityexchange__commoditiesexchange__commoditiesmarket an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery
subtype: futures_exchange__futuresexchange__futures_market__futuresmarket a commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded
subtype: corn_exchange an exchange where grains are bought and sold
subtype: stock_exchange__stockexchange__stock_market__stockmarket__securities_market an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers
subtype: American_Stock_Exchange__AMEX__Curb a stock exchange in New York
subtype: Bourse the stock exchange in Paris
subtype: curb_market a stock market for trading in securities not listed on the New York Stock Exchange
subtype: New_York_Stock_Exchange__N._Y._Stock_Exchange__NYSE__big_board__bigboard a stock exchange in New York
subtype: over-the-counter_market__OTC_market a stock exchange where securities transactions are made via telephone and computer rather than on the floor of an exchange
subtype: farm workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm"
subtype: chicken_farm__chickenfarm farm where chickens are raised for sale
subtype: croft (Great Britain) a small farm worked by a crofter
subtype: dairy_farm__dairyfarm__dairy a farm where dairy products are produced
subtype: farmplace__farmstead a farm together with its buildings
subtype: grange an outlying farm
subtype: home-farm (British) a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment
subtype: piggery__pig_farm__pigfarm a farm where pigs are raised or kept
subtype: cattle_ranch__ranch__spread__cattle_farm farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
subtype: sewage_farm a farm that is irrigated and fertilized with raw sewage
subtype: sheepwalk__sheeprun (British) farm devoted to raising sheep
subtype: stud_farm a farm where horses are bred
subtype: truck_farm__truckfarm__truck_garden__truckgarden a farm where vegetables are grown for market
subtype: vineyard__vinery a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced
subtype: fishery a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
subtype: pearl_fishery__pearlfishery a fishery where they fish for pearl oysters
subtype: fish_farm a workplace (usually a pond) where fish are raised for food
subtype: smithy__forge a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
subtype: gasworks the workplace where coal gas is manufactured
subtype: glassworks a workplace where glass is made
subtype: ironworks__ironwork the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made
subtype: job.workplace a workplace; as in the expression "on the job"
subtype: research_lab__lab__laboratory__research_laboratory__science_lab__sciencelab__science_laboratory__sciencelaboratory a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
subtype: biology_lab__biologylab__biology_laboratory__biologylaboratory__bio_lab__biolab a laboratory for biological research
subtype: chemistry_lab__chemistrylab__chemistry_laboratory__chemistrylaboratory__chem_lab a laboratory for research in chemistry
subtype: physics_lab__physicslab__physics_laboratory__physicslaboratory a laboratory for research in physics
subtype: laundry workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
subtype: launderette__Laundromat a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers
subtype: washhouse a building or outbuilding where laundry is done
subtype: lumberyard a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale
subtype: oyster_bed__oyster_bank__oyster_park a workplace where oysters are bred and grown
subtype: proving_ground__provingground a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas
subtype: ropewalk__rope_yard workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made
subtype: roundhouse.workplace workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives
subtype: shipyard a workplace where ships are built or repaired
subtype: navy_yard__naval_shipyard__navalshipyard a military shipyard
subtype: Charlestown_Navy_Yard the navy yard in Boston where the frigate `Constitution' is anchored
subtype: shop_floor workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines; "the productive work is done on the shop floor"
subtype: studio workplace for the teaching or practice of an art; "she ran a dance studio"; "the music department provided studios for their students"; "you don't need a studio to make a passport photograph"
subtype: artist's_workroom__atelier a studio especially for an artist or designer
subtype: artist's_loft a factory loft that has been converted into an artist's workroom and living area
subtype: broadcasting_studio a studio where broadcasts originate
subtype: recording_studio__recordingstudio studio where tapes and records are recorded
subtype: studio.workplace workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded
subtype: tannery workplace where skins and hides are tanned
subtype: test_bed a place equipped with instruments for testing engines and machinery under working conditions
subtype: waterworks workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community
subtype: shop__workshop small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
subtype: bindery a workshop where books are bound
subtype: brickyard__brickfield a place where bricks are made and sold
subtype: chop_shop a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts
subtype: dye-works__dyework a workshop where dyeing is done
subtype: machine_shop__machineshop workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools
subtype: pottery.shop a workshop where clayware is made
subtype: print_shop__printshop a workplace where printing is done
subtype: saddlery workshop where a saddler works
subtype: sheltered_workshop__shelteredworkshop a workshop that offers jobs to members of the physically or developmentally disabled population
subtype: turnery.shop workshop where objects are made on a lathe
subtype: address__addres the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
subtype: mailing_address__mailingaddres the address where a person or organization can be communicated with
subtype: PostalAddress
subtype: street_address the address where a person or organization can be found
subtype: abode__residence the address where a person lives; "it is his legal place of residence"
subtype: home.abode__place where you live; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
subtype: business_address the address at which a business is located
instance: DSTO_address (SA)
subtype: confluence__junction__meeting a place where two things come together; "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"
subtype: epicenter__epicentre the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
subtype: magnetic_pole either of two points where the lines of force of the Earth's magnetic field are vertical
subtype: pole.geographic_point one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
instance: North_Pole South_Pole
subtype: port a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
subtype: entrepot__transshipment_center__transshipmentcenter a port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported without paying import duties; "Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millenium BC"
subtype: free_port a port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels
subtype: outport (British) a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)
subtype: port_of_entry__point_of_entry a port where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise
instance: Nogales.Arizona__nogale Panama_City.Florida__panamacity Tampa Brunswick.Georgia__brunswick Columbus.Georgia__columbu Gary Houghton Saginaw Erie Brownsville Laredo Aberdeen.Washington__aberdeen Bellingham
subtype: seaport__harbor__harbour a place where ships can take on or discharge cargo
subtype: coaling_station__coalingstation a seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal
subtype: port_of_call any port where a ship stops except its home port
instance: Pearl_Harbor
subtype: treaty_port a port in China or Korea or Japan that once was open to foreign trade on the basis of a trading treaty
instance: Durres__Durazzo Algiers__Algerian_capital Oran Luanda__Angolan_capital Buenos_Aires__capital_of_Argentina Antofagasta Valparaiso Cartagena Colon__Aspinwall Acapulco_de_Juarez__Acapulco Mazatlan Tampico Veracruz Santiago_de_Cuba__Santiago Montego_Bay Bridgetown__capital_of_Barbados Cotonou Arhus__Aarhus Aalborg__Alborg Djibouti.capital__djibouti__capital_of_Djibouti Oslo__Christiania__capital_of_Norway Bergen Stavanger Trondheim__Nidaros Malmo Goteborg__Goeteborg__Gothenburg Hannover__Hanover Helsinki__Helsingfors__capital_of_Finland__Finnish_capital Mariehamn__Maarianhamina Corinth__Korinthos Thessaloniki__Salonika__Salonica__Thessalonica Akko__Acre__Akka__Accho Haifa Jaffa__Joppa__Yafo Naples__Napoli Messina Brindisi La_Spezia Palermo Dubrovnik__Ragusa Victoria.British_Columbia__victoria Vancouver Saint_John__St._John Saint_John's.Newfoundland__saintjohn'__St._John's Hamilton.port__hamilton Thunder_Bay Hobart Chittagong Antwerpen__Antwerp__Anvers Gent__Gand__Ghent Natal Recife__Pernambuco Hull__Kingston-upon_Hull Liverpool Bristol Newcastle-upon-Tyne__Newcastle Pompey__Portsmouth Dublin__Irish_capital__capital_of_Ireland Cork Galway Limerick Waterford Ayr Glasgow Newport.Wales__newport Swansea El_Iskandriyah__Alexandria Cairo__El_Qahira__Egyptian_capital__capital_of_Egypt Semarang__Samarang Abadan Basra__Basia Osaka Yokohama Nagasaki Kisumu Mombasa Bordeaux Brest Calais Cannes Le_Havre Marseille__Marseilles Nantes Banjul__capital_of_Gambia Conakry__Konakri__capital_of_Guinea Stabroek__Georgetown Reykjavik__capital_of_Iceland Incheon__Inchon__Chemulpo Pusan Tarabulus__Tripoli Sur__Tyre Monrovia__Liberian_capital__capital_of_Liberia Benghazi Port_Louis Casablanca Auckland__Aukland Lagos Muscat__Masqat__capital_of_Oman Asuncion__capital_of_Paraguay Lisbon__Lisboa__capital_of_Portugal Porto__Oporto Setubal Doha__Bida__El_Beda__capital_of_Qatar Castries Pago_Pago__Pango_Pango Jiddah__Jidda Dakar__capital_of_Senegal Victoria.Seychelles__victoria__capital_of_Seychelles Freetown__capital_of_Sierra_Leone__capitalofsierraleone Mogadishu__Mogadiscio__capital_of_Somalia Cape_Town Durban Murmansk Rostov_na_Donu__Rostov__Rostov_on_Don Tallinn__capital_of_Estonia Riga__capital_of_Latvia Dneprodzerzhinsk Odesa__Odessa Baku__capital_of_Azerbaijan Barcelona Cadiz Cartagena.port__cartagena Malaga Sevilla__Seville Port_Sudan Paramaribo__capital_of_Suriname Bangkok__capital_of_Thailand__Krung_Thep Tunis__capital_of_Tunisia Antalya__Adalia Izmir__Smyrna Dubai Mobile Valdez San_Francisco Bridgeport Jacksonville Savannah New_Orleans Baltimore Alpena Duluth Portsmouth Charleston.South_Carolina__charleston Newport_News Norfolk Portsmouth.port__portsmouth Seattle Cuidad_Bolivar Maracaibo Haiphong Aden
subtype: hot_spot.point__hotspot__hotspot a point of intense heat or radiation
subtype: limit_point__limit__pointofaccumulation a mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
subtype: range the limits of the values a function can take; "the range of this function is the interval from 0 to 1"
subtype: midair some point in the air; above ground level; "the planes collided in midair"
subtype: abutment.point point of contact between two objects or parts
subtype: position__physical_object_position__place the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object: "he put the lamp back in its place"
subtype: half-mast a position some distance below the top of the mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress
subtype: lead.position (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first"
subtype: pole_position the most favorable position at the start of a race
subtype: polls__poll the place where people vote
subtype: pride_of_place the first or highest or most important or most ostentatious place
subtype: anomaly (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
subtype: site__situation physical position in relation to the surroundings
subtype: active_site the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs
subtype: locus.site__locu the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
subtype: locus_of_infection the specific site in the body where an infection originates
subtype: setting the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat"
subtype: juxtaposition.position a side-by-side position
subtype: lie position or manner in which something is situated
subtype: post.position__station the position where something or someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand: "a sentry station"
subtype: bridgehead a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
subtype: observation_post__observationpost__lookout an elevated post affording a wide view
subtype: meteorological_observation_post__weather_station__weatherstation one of a networks of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded
subtype: outstation__outpost a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
subtype: pitch.position (British) a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk); "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors"
subtype: landmark the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; "the church steeple provided a convenient landmark"
subtype: right.position location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east: "he stood on the right"
subtype: stage_right__stageright__right_stage__rightstage the part of the stage on the actor's right
subtype: left.position location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east: "she stood on the left"
subtype: stage_left__stageleft__left_stage the part of the stage on the actor's left
subtype: rear_position__back__rear the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer: "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
subtype: front.position the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage"
subtype: stand.position the position where a thing or person stands
subtype: cabstand__taxistand a place where taxis park while awaiting customers
subtype: station.position (Navy) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
subtype: vantage place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
subtype: vantage_point__vantagepoint__viewpoint a place from which something can be viewed; "from that vantage point he could survey the whole valley"
subtype: appropriate_position__appropriateposition__position the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in position"
subtype: pressure_point any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point
subtype: military_position__position a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
subtype: ground a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle); "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground"
subtype: line.military_position a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line"
subtype: firing_line.line__firingline the line from which soldiers deliver fire
subtype: battlefront__front__front_line__frontline the line along which opposing armies face each other
subtype: line_of_battle a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack
subtype: battle_line the line along which warring troops meet
subtype: surface_intersection_corner__corner the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube"
subtype: topographic_point__topographicpoint__place__spot a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"
subtype: tomb__grave a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"
subtype: burial_chamber__sepulcher__sepulchre a chamber that is used as a grave
subtype: crypt a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
subtype: mausoleum a large burial chamber, usually above ground
subtype: Taj_Mahal beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife
subtype: repository.burial_chamber__monument a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
subtype: burial_vault__vault a burial chamber (usually underground)
subtype: charnel_house__charnelhouse__charnel a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
subtype: junction the place where two or more things come together
subtype: interchange a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
subtype: cloverleaf an interchange that does not require left-hand turns
subtype: crossroad__intersection__crossway__crossing__carrefour a junction where one street or road crosses another
subtype: street_corner__corner__turning_point__turningpoint the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
subtype: blind_corner__blindcorner a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving
subtype: level_crossing__levelcrossing__grade_crossing__gradecrossing intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass
subtype: p-n_junction__pnjunction the junction between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor; "a p-n junction has marked rectifying characteristics"
subtype: railway_junction__railwayjunction a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross
subtype: T-junction a junction where two roads or pipes etc. meet to form a T
subtype: traffic_circle__trafficcircle__circle__rotary__roundabout a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
subtype: place_of_birth__birthplace the place where someone was born
subtype: polling_place__pollingplace__polling_station__pollingstation a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election
subtype: end.topographic_point one of two places from which people are communicating to each other; "the phone rang at the other end" or "both ends wrote at the same time"
subtype: hiding_place a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself)
subtype: drop.hiding_place a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
subtype: hideout__hideaway__den a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws
subtype: lurking_place__lurkingplace a place suitable for lurking
subtype: heights__high a high place; "they stood on high and observed the coutryside" or "he doesn't like heights"
subtype: holy_place__sanctum__holy a sacred place of pilgrimage
subtype: mecca a place that attracts many visitors; "New York is a mecca for young artists"
subtype: nesting_place__nestingplace a place suitable for nesting
subtype: overlook a high place affording a good view
subtype: peak__crown__crest__top__summit the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"
subtype: hilltop the peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills"
subtype: pinnacle.peak a lofty peak
subtype: mountain_peak the summit of a mountain
subtype: Mount_Adams__Adams a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high)
subtype: Adam's_Peak__Samanala a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high)
subtype: El_Libertador a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high)
subtype: Mount_McKinley__McKinley__Mt._McKinley__Denali a mountain in south central Alaska; the highest peak in North America (20,300 feet high)
subtype: Mount_Ranier__Ranier__Mt._Ranier__Mount_Tacoma a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)
subtype: Mount_Shasta__Shasta a volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (14,162 feet high)
subtype: Mount_Sherman__Sherman a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high)
instance: Aconcagua Ancohuma Annapurna__Anapurna Mount_Ararat__Ararat__Mt._Ararat Bonete Cachi Changtzu Chimborazo Coropuna Dhaulagiri El_Muerto Mount_Everest__Everest__Mt._Everest Galan Gasherbrum Gosainthan Grand_Teton Huascaran Illampu Illimani K2'__Godwin_Austen__Mount_Godwin_Austen__Dapsang Kamet Kanchenjunga__Kanchanjanga__Kinchinjunga Mount_Kilimanjaro__Kilimanjaro Laudo Lhotse Llullaillaco Mount_Logan__Logan Makalu Matterhorn Mercedario Mont_Blanc__Monte_Bianco Mount_Elbert Muztagh_Ata__Muz_Tagh_Ata Nacimiento Nanda_Devi Nanga_Parbat North_Peak Nuptse Ojos_del_Salado Mount_Parnassus__Parnassus__Liakoura Pike's_Peak Pissis Pobeda_Peak__Pobedy_Peak Rakaposhi Mount_Rushmore__Rushmore__Mt._Rushmore Sajama Mount_Sinai__Sinai Tirich_Mir Tupungato Ulugh_Muztagh__Ulugh_Muz_Tagh Weisshorn Wheeler_Peak Mount_Whitney__Whitney Yerupaja
subtype: rendezvous.topographic_point__rendezvou a place where people meet; "he was waiting for them at the rendezvous"
subtype: scour a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
subtype: service_area__servicearea place on a highway providing garage services and eating and toilet facilities
subtype: showplace a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty
subtype: solitude a solitary place
subtype: stop a spot where something halts or pauses; "his next stop is Atlanta"
subtype: bus_stop__busstop a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers
subtype: checkpoint a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance
subtype: loading_zone__loadingzone__loading_area__loadingarea a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded
subtype: stopover a stopping place on a journey; "there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago"
subtype: target_area__target the location of the target that is to be hit
subtype: pool.topographic_point__puddle something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
subtype: parhelion__mock_sun__sundog a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
subtype: sunspot__macula a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the surface of the sun; associated with a strong magnetic field
subtype: vanishing_point the point beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist
subtype: focal_point__focus__focu a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
subtype: hilum the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
subtype: infection_focus__infectionfocu__focus__focu__nidus__nidu a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection"
subtype: region.location__part the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
subtype: atmosphere the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"
subtype: airspace the atmosphere above a nation and deemed to be under its jurisdiction
subtype: biosphere the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist
subtype: depth.region (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part; "from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space"
subtype: outer_space__outerspace__space any region in space outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in space without a tether"
subtype: interplanetary_space the part of outer space within the solar system
subtype: interplanetary_medium interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust
subtype: interstellar_space the space between stars
subtype: interstellar_medium interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars
subtype: heliosphere the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system
subtype: intergalactic_space__intergalacticspace the space between galaxies; "the Milky Way travels through intergalactic space"
subtype: deep_space any region in space outside the solar system
subtype: aerospace the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole
subtype: zone an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic
subtype: zona__zone (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure
subtype: zona_pellucida thick membrane around the mammalian ovum; can be penetrated by one sperm in the fertilization process; usually remains around the fertilized egg until it is implanted in the wall of the uterus
subtype: zonule__zonula small beltlike zone
subtype: combat_zone a military area where combat forces operate
subtype: beachhead__bridgehead__foothold an area in hostile territory that has been occupied and is held for further troops and supplies
subtype: danger_zone a dangerous area
subtype: drop_zone__dropping_zone an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops
subtype: tidal_zone__tidalzone an area subject to tidal action
subtype: belt.region an elongated region where a specific condition is found; "a belt of high pressure"
subtype: asteroid_belt the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found
subtype: greenbelt__greenway a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city
instance: Bible_Belt Corn_Belt Van_Allen_belt
subtype: bottom the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill"
subtype: foot.bottom the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"
subtype: base.bottom (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment: "the base of the skull"
subtype: rock_bottom the absolute bottom
subtype: distance.region a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"
subtype: eden__paradise__nirvana__heaven__promised_land__Shangri-la any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
subtype: extremity.region the outermost or farthest region or point
subtype: bounds__boundary the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
subtype: hairline the natural margin formed by hair on the head
subtype: frontier.bounds an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
subtype: heliopause the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind and the wind from other stars meet
subtype: boundary_line__border__borderline__delimitation a line that indicates a boundary
subtype: fence_line__fenceline a boundary line created by a fence
subtype: property_line the boundary line between two pieces of property
subtype: state_line__stateline__stateboundary the boundary between two states
instance: Mason-Dixon_Line__Mason_and_Dixon_Line__Mason_and_Dixon's_Line
subtype: bourne__bourn an archaic term for a boundary
subtype: district_line the boundary between two districts
subtype: county_line the boundary between two counties
subtype: city_line the boundary of a city
subtype: edge.bounds__border the boundary of a surface
subtype: brink the edge of a steep place
subtype: end.bounds a boundary marking the extremities of something: "the end of town"
subtype: demarcation__demarcation_line__demarcationline the boundary of a specific area
subtype: city_limit__city_limits the limits of the area occupied by a city or town
subtype: upper_limit the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something
subtype: lower_limit__lowerlimit the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something
subtype: three-mile_limit the limit of a nation's territorial waters
subtype: outline the line that appears to bound an object
subtype: coastline the outline of a coast
subtype: silhouette an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
subtype: skyline the outline of objects seen against the sky
subtype: surface.bounds the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface"
subtype: interface (physical chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
subtype: oil-water_interface__oilwaterinterface an interface forming the boundary between the non-miscible liquids oil and water
subtype: hard_palate the bony part of the roof of the mouth
subtype: palate__roof_of_the_mouth the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
subtype: side.surface__face a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf"
subtype: beam-ends (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel; "on her beam-ends" means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical
subtype: underside__bottom__undersurface the lower side of anything
subtype: base.underside a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base"
subtype: bilge where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom
subtype: bilges in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side
subtype: heel the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground
subtype: Cuban_heel a broad heel of medium height on women's shoes
subtype: French_heel a fairly high narrow heel on women's shoes
subtype: spike_heel__spikeheel__stiletto_heel a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
subtype: stacked_heel__stackedheel a heel made of many layers of leather
subtype: wedge_heel__wedgeheel__wedge a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
subtype: wineglass_heel__wineglassheel a heel on a woman's shoe in the shape of a wineglass
subtype: sole the underside of footwear or a golfclub
subtype: half_sole shoe sole extending from the shank to the toe
subtype: insole__innersole the inner sole of a shoe or boot
subtype: outsole the outer sole of a shoe or boot
subtype: underbelly.underside lower side: "the underbellies of clouds"
subtype: front_end__frontend__front__forepart the side that is forward or prominent
subtype: forefront__head the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"
subtype: lee_side__leeside__lee the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
subtype: backside__rear__back_end the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
subtype: nape__scruff__nucha the back side of the neck
subtype: rearward direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"
subtype: top_side__topside__upper_side__upperside__upside the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted"
subtype: crown.top_side__crest the center of a cambered road
subtype: poll.top_side the part of the head between the ears
subtype: pate.top_side__poll__crown the top of the head
subtype: tonsure.pate the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head
subtype: desktop the top of a desk
subtype: rooftop the top of a (usually flat) roof
subtype: celestial_sphere__celestialsphere__sphere__empyrean__firmament__heaven__vault_of_heaven__welkin the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
subtype: end.surface the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object: "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
subtype: interior__inside the inner or enclosed surface of something
subtype: exterior__outside the outer side or surface of something
subtype: wavefront__wave_front (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
subtype: photosphere the intensely luminous surface of the sun
subtype: shoreline a boundary line between land and water
instance: Rubicon
subtype: end either extremity of something that has length: "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"
subtype: bitter_end.end__bitterend (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt
subtype: bitthead the upper end of a bitt
subtype: point.end sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
subtype: arrowhead the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
subtype: barb.point a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
subtype: fluke.barb a barb on a harpoon or arrow
subtype: barb_of_barbed_wire__barb the pointed part of barbed wire
subtype: cusp point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
subtype: diamond_point__diamondpoint a very hard small point made from a diamond
subtype: pike.point a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
subtype: pinpoint.point the sharp point of a pin
subtype: spearpoint__spearhead the head and sharpened point of a spear
subtype: magnetic_pole.end__magneticpole__pole one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
subtype: negative_magnetic_pole__negative_pole__south-seeking_pole__southseekingpole the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely
subtype: positive_magnetic_pole__positive_pole__north-seeking_pole__northseekingpole the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely
subtype: railhead.end the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway
subtype: terminus either end of a railroad or bus route
subtype: yardarm either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship
subtype: nerve_ending__nerveending__nerve_end__nerveend the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse
subtype: free_nerve_ending microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor
subtype: Pacinian_corpuscle a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitals
subtype: proprioceptor special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body
subtype: endpoint__end_point__endpoint__terminus a place of termination or completion
subtype: finish.end__destination__goal the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view"
subtype: finishing_line__finishingline__finish_line a line indicating the location of the finish of a race
subtype: tape.finishing_line the finishing line for a foot race; "he broke the tape in record time"
subtype: wire.finishing_line the finishing line on a racetrack
subtype: tip the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
subtype: fingertip the end (tip) of a finger
subtype: tiptoe the tip of a toe
subtype: extreme_point__extremepoint__extreme__extremum the point located farthest from the middle of something
subtype: apex__vertex__peak__acme the highest point of something
subtype: crown the part of a hat (the vertex) covering the crown of the head
subtype: roof_peak the highest point of a roof
subtype: limit as far as something can go
subtype: maximum the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right
subtype: minimum the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right
subtype: reach__range the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
subtype: earshot__hearing the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children were told to stay within earshot"
subtype: eyeshot__view the range of the eye; "they were soon out of view"
subtype: rifle_shot__rifleshot__rifle_range__riflerange the distance that a rifle bullet will carry; "the target was out of rifle range"
subtype: hell_on_earth__hell__hellhole__snake_pit__snakepit__the_pits__inferno any place of pain and turmoil: "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
subtype: inside__interior the region that is inside of something
subtype: midland the interior part of a country
subtype: midst__thick the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd"
subtype: penetralia the innermost parts
subtype: ionosphere the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons
subtype: layer a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
subtype: stratum one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism)
subtype: epidermis__cuticle the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
subtype: mantle.epidermis__pallium (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
subtype: stratum_corneum__stratumcorneum__corneum__horny_layer__hornylayer the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off
subtype: stratum_lucidum__stratumlucidum the layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles
subtype: stratum_granulosum__stratumgranulosum the layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum; contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move to the surface
subtype: stratum_germinativum__stratumgerminativum__stratum_basale__stratumbasale__malpighian_layer__rete_Malpighii the innermost layer of the epidermis
subtype: dermis__corium__derma the deep vascular inner layer of the skin
subtype: cambium the inner layer of the periosteum
subtype: paries__wall (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls"
subtype: abdominal_wall__abdominalwall a wall of the abdomen
subtype: substratum__substrate any stratum lying underneath another
subtype: horizon a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
subtype: soil_horizon a layer in a soil profile
subtype: A-horizon__A_horizon the top layer of a soil profile; usually contains humus
subtype: B-horizon__B_horizon immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils
subtype: C-horizon__C_horizon beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock
subtype: geological_horizon a layer of rock with a particular composition (especially of fossils); for dating the stratum
subtype: seam.stratum__bed a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds"
subtype: coal_seam a seam of coal
subtype: bed.stratum (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of standstone"
subtype: ore_bed__orebed a stratum of ore
subtype: asthenosphere the lower layer of the crust
subtype: chromosphere a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun
subtype: Earth's_crust__crust the outer layer of the Earth
subtype: horst a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land
subtype: exosphere the outermost atmospheric layer
subtype: hydrosphere the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor
subtype: lithosphere__geosphere the solid part of the earth
subtype: plate.lithosphere a rigid layer of the lithosphere that is believed to drift slowly
subtype: lower_mantle__lowermantle the deeper part of the mantle
subtype: mantle.layer the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
subtype: mesosphere the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere
subtype: ozone_layer__ozonelayer__ozonosphere a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun
subtype: stratosphere the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
subtype: Earth's_surface__surface the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"
subtype: floor.Earth's_surface the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.
subtype: thermosphere the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere
subtype: tropopause the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere
subtype: troposphere the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)
subtype: upper_mantle__uppermantle the upper part of the mantle
subtype: snow a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
subtype: corn_snow granular snow formed by alternate thawing and freezing
subtype: game_line__line in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
subtype: balkline__baulk_line__baulkline__string_line line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
subtype: finishing_line__finishingline__finish_line a line indicating the location of the finish of a race
subtype: foul_line lines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball field
subtype: bowling_foul_line__foul_line a line across a bowling alley that a bowler must not cross
subtype: basketball_foul_line__foul_line a line from which basketball players take penalty shots
subtype: baseball_baseline__baseline the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases
subtype: tennis_baseline__baseline the back line at each end of a tennis court
subtype: goal_line a line marking each end of the playing field or pitch; where the goals stand
subtype: red_line__redline a line that is colored red bisects an ice hockey rink
subtype: scrimmage_line__scrimmageline__line_of_scrimmage line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football; "the runner was tackled at the line of scrimmage"
subtype: out_of-bounds__sideline a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field
subtype: touchline either of the sidelines in soccer or Rugby
subtype: starting_line__start a line indicating the location of the start of a race
subtype: yardline in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field
subtype: outside__exterior the region that is outside of something
subtype: outdoors__out-of-doors__open_air__open where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get outdoors a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open"
subtype: radius.region a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius; "they located it within a radius of 2 miles"
subtype: side a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side"
subtype: dockside the region adjacent to a boat dock
subtype: north_side__northside the side that is on the north
subtype: east_side the side that is on the east
subtype: west_side the side that is on the west
subtype: south_side__southside the side that is on the south
subtype: bedside space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person); "the doctor stood at her bedside"
subtype: position_at_the_side_of_an_object__hand a position given by its location to the side of an object; "objections were voiced on every hand"
subtype: shipside the part of a wharf that is next to a ship
subtype: air.region the region above the ground; "her hand stopped in mid air"; "he threw the ball into the air"
subtype: vacuity__vacuum a region empty of matter
subtype: top the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page"
subtype: chapiter__capital the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
subtype: masthead the head or top of a mast
subtype: crown.top the enamel covered part of a tooth above the gum
subtype: jacket_crown__jacket (dentistry) an artificial crown fitted over a broken or decayed tooth
subtype: head.top the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"
subtype: treetop__capitulum the upper branches and leaves of a tree
subtype: zodiac.region a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes
subtype: sign_of_the_zodiac__sign__mansion__house__planetary_house__planetaryhouse one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
instance: Aries_the_Ram__Aries Taurus_the_Bull__Taurus Gemini_the_Twins__Gemini Cancer_the_Crab__Cancer Leo_the_Lion__Leo Virgo_the_Virgin__Virgo Libra_the_Balance__Libra__Libra_the_Scales Scorpio_the_Scorpion__Scorpio Sagittarius_the_Archer__Sagittarius Capricorn__Capricon_the_Goat Aquarius_the_Water_Bearer__Aquarius__Water_Bearer Pisces_the_Fishes__Pisces
subtype: black_hole__blackhole a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field
subtype: mare__maria a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
instance: D-layer__D_region Appleton_layer__F_layer__F_region Kennelly-Heaviside_layer__Heaviside_layer__E_layer__E_region Witwatersrand__Rand__Reef
subtype: region a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
subtype: 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"
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
instance: Bermuda_Triangle Saxony__Sachsen__sachsen__Saxe
subtype: backwater any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress
subtype: military_field__field a region in which military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"
subtype: district__territory a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
subtype: administrative_district__administrative_division__territorial_division__territorialdivision a district defined for administrative purposes
subtype: borough one of the administrative divisions of a large city
instance: Greenwich Westminster__City_of_Westminster Bronx__The_Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten_Island
subtype: canton a small administrative division of a country
subtype: Swiss_canton one of the cantons of Switzerland
instance: Ticino__Tessin
subtype: city.administrative_district an incorporated administrative district established by state charter; "the city raised the tax rate"
subtype: commune the smallest administrative district of several European countries (Belgium and France and Italy and Switzerland)
subtype: country__state__land the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
subtype: banana_republic__bananarepublic a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas)
subtype: fatherland__homeland__motherland__mother_country__country_of_origin__native_land the country where you were born
subtype: old_country__oldcountry the country of origin of an immigrant
subtype: buffer_state__buffer_country a small neutral state between two rival powers
subtype: kingdom.country a country with a king as head of state
instance: Israel UK__Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland__Great_Britain__United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland__United_Kingdom__Britain
subtype: European_country__European_nation countries occupying the European continent
subtype: Scandinavian_country__Scandinavian_nation countries occupying Scandinavia
instance: Denmark__Kingdom_of_Denmark__Danmark Norway__Kingdom_of_Norway__Norge__Noreg Sweden__Kingdom_of_Sweden__Sverige
subtype: Balkan_country__Balkan_nation__Balkans__Balkan_state a country on the Balkan Peninsula
instance: Albania__Republic_of_Albania Bulgaria__Republic_of_Bulgaria Greece__Hellenic_Republic__Ellas Romania__Roumania__Rumania Macedonia
instance: Czech_Republic Slovakia__Slovak_Republic Germany__Federal_Republic_of_Germany__Deutschland__FRG East_Germany__German_Democratic_Republic West_Germany__Federal_Republic_of_Germany Finland__Republic_of_Finland__Suomi Italy__Italian_Republic__Italia Yugoslavia__Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia__Jugoslavija__Serbia_and_Montenegro Croatia__Republic_of_Croatia__Hrvatska Bosnia_and_Herzegovina__Republic_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina__Bosna_i_Hercegovina__Bosnia-Herzegovina__Bosnia Slovenia__Republic_of_Slovenia__Slovenija Austria__Republic_of_Austria__Oesterreich Flanders Belgium__Kingdom_of_Belgium__Belgique England Northern_Ireland Eire__Ireland__Irish_Free_State__Republic_of_Ireland Scotland France__French_Republic Netherlands__The_Netherlands__Kingdom_of_The_Netherlands__Holland__holland Hungary__Republic_of_Hungary__Magyarorszag Republic_of_Iceland__Iceland Liechtenstein__Principality_of_Liechtenstein Luxembourg__Grand_Duchy_of_Luxembourg__Luxemburg Monaco__Principality_of_Monaco Poland__Republic_of_Poland__Polska Portugal__Portuguese_Republic San_Marino__Republic_of_San_Marino Belarus__Republic_of_Belarus__Byelarus__Byelorussia__Belorussia__White_Russia Moldova__Republic_of_Moldava__Moldavia Andorra__Principality_of_Andorra Spain__Kingdom_of_Spain__Espana Switzerland__Swiss_Confederation__Suisse__Schweiz__Svizzera Holy_See__The_Holy_See__State_of_the_Vatican_City
subtype: African_country__African_nation countries occupying the African continent
instance: Namibia__Republic_of_Namibia Algeria__Democratic_and_Popular_Republic_of_Algeria__Algerie Angola__Republic_of_Angola Burundi__Republic_of_Burundi Republic_of_Cameroon__Cameroon__Cameroun Central_African_Republic__Central_Africa Republic_of_Chad__Chad__Tchad Republic_of_the_Congo__French_Congo Congo__Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo__Zaire__Belgian_Congo Ivory_Coast__Cote_d'Ivoire__Republic_of_Cote_d'Ivoire Benin__Republic_of_Benin__Dahomey Togo__Togolese_Republic Djibouti__Republic_of_Djibouti__Afars_and_Issas Equatorial_Guinea__Republic_of_Equitorial_Guinea__Spanish_Guinea Eritrea__State_of_Eritrea Ethiopia__Federal_Democratic_Republic_of_Ethiopia__Yaltopya__Abyssinia Rwanda__Rwandese_Republic__Ruanda Botswana__Republic_of_Botswana Egypt__Arab_Republic_of_Egypt__United_Arab_Republic Kenya__Republic_of_Kenya Gabon__Gabonese_Republic__Gabun Gambia__The_Gambia__Republic_of_The_Gambia Ghana__Republic_of_Ghana__Gold_Coast Guinea__Republic_of_Guinea__French_Guinea Guinea-Bissau__Republic_of_Guinea-Bissau__Guine-Bissau__Portuguese_Guinea Lesotho__Kingdom_of_Lesotho__Basutoland Liberia__Republic_of_Liberia Libya__Socialist_People's_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya Republic_of_Madagascar__Madagascar__Malagasy_Republic Malawi__Republic_of_Malawi__Nyasaland Mali__Republic_of_Mali__French_Sudan Mauritania__Islamic_Republic_of_Mauritania__Mauritanie__Muritaniya Morocco__Kingdom_of_Morocco__Maroc__Marruecos__Al-Magrib Mozambique__Republic_of_Mozambique__Mocambique Niger__Republic_of_Niger Nigeria__Federal_Republic_of_Nigeria Senegal__Republic_of_Senegal Sierra_Leone__Republic_of_Sierra_Leone Somalia South_Africa__Republic_of_South_Africa Republic_of_the_Sudan__Sudan__Soudan Swaziland__Kingdom_of_Swaziland Tanzania__United_Republic_of_Tanzania Tunisia__Republic_of_Tunisia Uganda__Republic_of_Uganda Zambia__Republic_of_Zambia Zimbabwe__Republic_of_Zimbabwe__Rhodesia__Southern_Rhodesia
subtype: Asian_country__Asian_nation countries occupying the Asian continent
instance: Afghanistan__Islamic_State_of_Afghanistan Myanmar__Union_of_Burma__Burma Cambodia__Kingdom_of_Cambodia__Kampuchea China__People's_Republic_of_China__mainland_China__Communist_China__Red_China__PRC Bahrain__State_of_Bahrain__Bahrein Bangladesh__People's_Republic_of_Bangladesh__Bangla_Desh__East_Pakistan Bhutan__Kingdom_of_Bhutan India__Republic_of_India__Bharat Nepal__Kingdom_of_Nepal Tibet__Thibet__Xizang__Sitsang Iran__Islamic_Republic_of_Iran__Persia Iraq__Republic_of_Iraq__Al-Iraq__Irak Japan__Nippon__Nihon Jordan__Hashemite_Kingdom_of_Jordan Kuwait__State_of_Kuwait__Koweit North_Korea__Democratic_People's_Republic_of_Korea South_Korea__Republic_of_Korea Laos__Lao_People's_Democratic_Republic Lebanon__Lebanese_Republic Malaysia__Malaya Outer_Mongolia__Mongolia__Mongolian_People's_Republic Oman__Sultanate_of_Oman__Muscat_and_Oman Pakistan__Islamic_Republic_of_Pakistan__West_Pakistan Qatar__State_of_Qatar__Katar__State_of_Katar Saudi_Arabia__Kingdom_of_Saudi_Arabia Singapore__Republic_of_Singapore Armenia__Republic_of_Armenia__Hayastan Azerbaijan__Azerbaijani_Republic__Azerbajdzhan__Azerbajdzhan_Republic Sakartvelo__Georgia Kazakhstan__Republic_of_Kazakhstan__Kazakstan__Kazakh__Kazak Kyrgystan__Kyrgyz_Republic__Kirghizia__Kirgizia__Kirghiz__Kirgiz__Kirghizstan__Kirgizstan Tajikistan__Republic_of_Tajikistan__Tadzhikistan__Tadzhik__Tadjik__Tajik Uzbekistan__Republic_of_Uzbekistan__Uzbek Syria__Syrian_Arab_Republic Thailand__Kingdom_of_Thailand__Siam United_Arab_Emirates Vietnam__Socialist_Republic_of_Vietnam__Viet_Nam__Annam Yemen__Republic_of_Yemen
subtype: South_American_country__South_American_nation countries occupying the South American continent
instance: Argentina__Argentine_Republic__the_Argentine Chile__Republic_of_Chile Colombia__Republic_of_Colombia Ecuador__Republic_of_Ecuador Bolivia__Republic_of_Bolivia Brazil__Federative_Republic_of_Brazil__Brasil Guyana__Co-operative_Republic_of_Guyana__British_Guiana Paraguay__Republic_of_Paraguay Peru__Republic_of_Peru Suriname__Republic_of_Suriname__Surinam__Dutch_Guiana__Netherlands_Guiana Uruguay Venezuela__Republic_of_Venezuela
subtype: North_American_country__North_American_nation a country on the North American continent
subtype: Central_American_country__Central_American_nation countries occupying Central America; except for Belize and Costa Rica these countries are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments
instance: Costa_Rica__Republic_of_Costa_Rica Guatemala__Republic_of_Guatemala Belize__British_Honduras Honduras__Republic_of_Honduras Salvador__El_Salvador__Republic_of_El_Salvador Nicaragua__Republic_of_Nicaragua Panama__Republic_of_Panama
instance: Mexico__United_Mexican_States Canada USA__United_States_of_America__United_States__America__US__U.S.__U.S.A.
instance: Antigua_and_Barbuda Cape_Verde__Republic_of_Cape_Verde Sri_Lanka__Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka__Ceylon Comoros__Federal_Islamic_Republic_of_the_Comoros Republic_of_Cuba__Cuba Haiti__Republic_of_Haiti Dominican_Republic Jamaica.country__jamaica Barbados.country__barbado Trinidad_and_Tobago__Republic_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago Republic_of_Cyprus__Cyprus Commonwealth_of_Dominica__Dominica Fiji__Republic_of_Fiji State_of_Israel__Israel__Yisrael__Zion__Sion Etruria Australia__Commonwealth_of_Australia Federated_States_of_Micronesia__Micronesia__TT Republic_of_the_Marshall_Islands__Marshall_Islands Tuvalu Kiribati__Republic_of_Kiribati Nauru__Republic_of_Nauru Papua_New_Guinea__Independent_State_of_Papua_New_Guinea Bahamas__Commonwealth_of_the_Bahamas__Bahama_Islands sultanate Burkina_Faso Indonesia__Republic_of_Indonesia__Dutch_East_Indies Grenada Republic_of_Maldives__Maldives Republic_of_Malta__Malta Republic_of_Mauritius__Mauritius New_Zealand Palau__Republic_of_Palau__TT Republic_of_the_Philippines__Philippines Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis__Federation_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis__Saint_Christopher-Nevis__St._Christopher-Nevis__St._Kitts_and_Nevis St._Lucia__Saint_Lucia Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines__St._Vincent_and_the_Grenadines Independent_State_of_Samoa__Samoa__Western_Samoa__Samoa_i_Sisifo Sao_Tome_and_Principe__Democratic_Republic_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe__Sao_Tome_e_Principe__Sao_Thome_e_Principe__St._Thomas_and_Principe Seychelles__Republic_of_Seychelles Solomon_Islands USSR__Soviet_Union__Russia__Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics Russia__Russian_Federation Ukraine__Ukrayina Turkmenistan__Turkomen__Turkmen__Turkmenia Kingdom_of_Tonga__Tonga__Friendly_Islands Turkey__Republic_of_Turkey Vanuatu__Republic_of_Vanuatu__New_Hebrides
subtype: county a territorial division for local government
instance: Avon Berkshire Cornwall Devonshire__Devon Gloucestershire__gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Somerset East_Sussex West_Sussex Leicestershire__Leicester Lincolnshire Northumberland North_Yorkshire West_Yorkshire South_Yorkshire Isle_of_Wight__Wight
subtype: county_palatine the territory of a count palatine
subtype: department.administrative_district the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
subtype: federal_district__federaldistrict a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation
instance: District_of_Columbia__DC
subtype: reservation.administrative_district__reserve a district that is reserved for particular purpose
subtype: indian_reservation a reservation set aside for the use of indians
subtype: preserve.reservation a reservation where animals are protected
subtype: shooting_preserve a preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain months of the year
subtype: shire (British) a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county
subtype: municipality.urban_area an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
subtype: city__metropolis__urban_center__urbancenter a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city"
subtype: capital_city__capitalcity__capital a seat of government
instance: Dunkerque__Dunkirk Durres__Durazzo Oran Constantine Hamilton Cordoba__Cordova Plovdiv__Philippopolis Mandalay Douala Kandy Vina_del_Mar Antofagasta Punta_Arenas Concepcion Valparaiso Lanzhou__Lanchou__Lanchow Shanghai Guangzhou__Canton__Kuangchou__Kwangchow Nanchang__Nan-chang Nanning__Nan-ning Shenyang__Mukden__Moukden__Fengtien Tianjin__Tientsin__T'ien-ching Nanjing__Nanking Chongqing__Chungking Xian__Sian__Singan__Changan__Hsian Luoyang__Loyang Hangzhou__Hangchow Taichung Hong_Kong Cali Medellin Cartagena Kananga__Luluabourg Lubumbashi__Elisabethville Abidjan San_Pedro_Sula Santa_Ana.Salvador__santaana Colon__Aspinwall Merida Campeche Cancun Acapulco_de_Juarez__Acapulco chihuahua Juarez__Ciudad_Juarez Ciudad_Victoria Culiacan Durango__Victoria_de_Durango Guadalajara Hermosillo Leon.Mexico__leon Matamoros Mazatlan Mexicali Monterrey Oaxaca_de_Juarez__Oaxaca Orizaba Puebla_de_Zaragoza__Puebla__Heroica_Puebla_de_Zaragoza San_Luis_Potosi Tepic Tampico Torreon Tijuana Tuxtla_Gutierrez Veracruz Villahermosa Santiago_de_Cuba__Santiago Guantanamo Santiago_de_los_Caballeros__Santiago San_Juan Montego_Bay Cotonou Arhus__Aarhus Aalborg__Alborg Bergen Stavanger Trondheim__Nidaros Malmo Lund Goteborg__Goeteborg__Gothenburg Uppsala__Upsala Aachen__Aix-la-Chapelle Chemnitz__Karl-Marx_Stadt Dresden Leipzig Solingen Weimar Bonn Cologne__Koln Braunschweig__Brunswick Dusseldorf Essen Frankfurt_on_the_Main__Frankfurt__Frankfort Halle-an-der-Saale__Halle Hamburg Hannover__Hanover Lubeck Mannheim Munich__Muenchen Nuremberg__Nurnberg Rostock Stuttgart Wiesbaden Wurzburg__Wuerzburg Guayaquil Espoo Tampere__Tammerfors Corinth__Korinthos Argos Delphi Mycenae Sparta Troy__Ilion__Ilium Thebes Thessaloniki__Salonika__Salonica__Thessalonica Sodom Gomorrah__Gomorrha Tel_Aviv-Jaffa__Tel_Aviv Haifa Jaffa__Joppa__Yafo Byzantium Pompeii Herculaneum Aquila_degli_Abruzzi__Aquila__L'Aquila Naples__Napoli Messina Bologna Brindisi Genoa__Genova Cremona La_Spezia Milan__Milano Pisa Siracusa__Syracuse Turin__Torino Bari Palermo Firenze__Florence Padua__Padova__Patavium Venice__Venezia Verona Dubrovnik__Ragusa Split Banff Calgary Vancouver Saint_John__St._John Hamilton.port__hamilton Sudbury Thunder_Bay Montreal Saskatoon Graz Linz__Lentia Salzburg Innsbruck Chittagong Antwerpen__Antwerp__Anvers Bruges__City_of_Bridges Charleroi Gent__Gand__Ghent Liege__Luik Namur Belo_Horizonte Natal Rio_de_Janeiro__Rio Recife__Pernambuco Sao_Paulo Lancaster Manchester Hull__Kingston-upon_Hull Liverpool Birmingham Oxford.England__oxford Cambridge Brighton Bristol Leeds Leicester Newcastle-upon-Tyne__Newcastle Pompey__Portsmouth Coventry Gloucester.England__gloucester Reading Sheffield Winchester.England__winchester Worcester.England__worcester Cork Galway Limerick Waterford Aberdeen.Scotland__aberdeen Glasgow Newport.Wales__newport Swansea El_Iskandriyah__Alexandria Aswan__Assuan__Assouan Giza__El_Giza Memphis.Egypt__memphi Luxor Suez Delhi__Old_Delhi Calcutta Bombay__Greater_Bombay Agra Hyderabad Chennai__Madras Salem.India__salem Bandung Medan Semarang__Samarang Abadan Mashhad__Meshed Isfahan__Esfahan__Aspadana Shiraz Tabriz Qum Persepolis Basra__Basia Mosul Edirne__Adrianople__Adrianopolis Babylon Ur Assur__Asur__Ashur Nineveh Utica.Phoenicia__utica Nagoya Osaka Yokohama Naha_City Kyoto Hiroshima Sapporo Kitakyushu Fukuoka Nagasaki Aqaba__Akaba Zarqa__Az_Zarqa Kisumu Mombasa Nakuru Bordeaux Brest Cannes Dijon Grenoble Le_Havre Lille Lyon__Lyons Marseille__Marseilles Nancy Nantes Nice Orleans Strasbourg__Strassburg Toulouse Versailles The_Hague__'s_Gravenhage__Den_Haag Eindhoven Nijmegen Rotterdam Leiden__Leyden Utrecht Thorshavn Incheon__Inchon__Chemulpo Kwangju Taegu__Tegu Pusan Tarabulus__Tripoli Saida__Sidon Sur__Tyre Benghazi Blantyre Zomba Timbuktu Casablanca Fez__Fes Marrakesh__Marrakech Tangier__Tangiers Auckland__Aukland Christchurch Ibadan Katsina Lagos Yerwa-Maiduguri__Maiduguri Zaria Karachi Lahore Faisalabad__Lyallpur Arequipa Cebu_City__Cebu Quezon_City Cracow__Krakow__Krakau Gdansk__Danzig Lodz Lublin Wroclaw__Breslau Braga Porto__Oporto Papeete Medina__Al_Madinah Jiddah__Jidda Hargeisa Cape_Town Johannesburg Kimberley Durban Bloemfontein Soweto Astrakhan Cherepovets Grozny__Groznyy Kaluga Kursk Nizhnyi_Novgorod__Nizhni_Novgorod__Gorki__Gorky__Gorkiy Kazan Leningrad__St._Petersburg__Peterburg__Petrograd__Saint_Petersburg Murmansk Nalchik Novgorod Perm__Molotov Rostov_na_Donu__Rostov__Rostov_on_Don Saratov Smolensk Ufa__ufa Volgograd__Stalingrad__Tsaritsyn Novosibirsk Chelyabinsk Omsk Vladivostok Gomel__Homel Klaipeda__Memel Kaunas__Kovna__Kovno Donetsk__Donetske__Stalino Chernobyl Dneprodzerzhinsk Dnepropetrovsk__Yekaterinoslav Kharkov__Kharkiv Odesa__Odessa Sebastopol__Sevastopol Yalta Almaty__Alma-Ata Samarkand__Samarcand Barcelona Cadiz Cartagena.port__cartagena Cordova__Cordoba Granada Jerez_de_la_Frontera__Jerez Leon.Spain__leon Malaga Oviedo San_Sebastian Sevilla__Seville Toledo.Spain__toledo Zaragoza__Saragossa Valencia.Spain__valencia Nyala Port_Sudan Omdurman Basel__Basle__Bale Geneva__Geneve__Genf Lausanne Zurich Aleppo__Alep Tabora Sfax__Safaqis Adana__Seyhan Antalya__Adalia Istanbul__Stambul__Stamboul__Constantinople Bursa__Brusa Izmir__Smyrna Jinja Gulu Dubai Pittsburgh_of_the_South__Birmingham Huntsville Mobile Selma Anchorage Tucson Anaheim Bakersfield Berkeley Beverly_Hills Fresno Long_Beach Los_Angeles__City_of_the_Angels Oakland Pasadena Riverside San_Bernadino San_Diego San_Francisco San_Jose.California__sanjose Santa_Ana.California__santaana Santa_Clara Colorado_Springs Pueblo.Colorado__pueblo Bridgeport New_Haven Waterbury Wilmington.Delaware__wilmington Fort_Lauderdale Jacksonville Miami Miami_Beach Orlando St._Augustine__Saint_Augustine St._Petersburg__Saint_Petersburg Tampa Augusta.Georgia__augusta Columbus.Georgia__columbu Macon Savannah Windy_City__Chicago Decatur.Illinois__decatur Peoria Rockford Evansville Fort_Wayne Gary South_Bend Davenport Cedar_Rapids Sioux_City Kansas_City.Kansas__kansascity Wichita.Kansas__wichita Lexington.Kentucky__lexington Louisville New_Orleans Shreveport Portland.Maine__portland Baltimore Cambridge.Massachusetts__cambridge Springfield Worcester.Massachusetts__worcester Salem.Massachusetts__salem Ann_Arbor Detroit__Motor_City__Motown Flint Grand_Rapids Duluth Minneapolis Independence Kansas_City.Missouri__kansascity Saint_Louis__St._Louis__Gateway_to_the_West Springfield.Missouri__springfield Billings Omaha.Nebraska__omaha Las_Vegas Reno Manchester.New_Hampshire__manchester Atlantic_City Jersy_City Newark Bayonne Camden Paterson Albuquerque Buffalo New_York__New_York_City Binghamton Niagara_Falls Rochester.New_York_State__rochester Schenectady Syracuse Utica.New_York_State__utica Charlotte Durham Greensboro Winston-Salem Fargo Akron Cleveland Cincinnati Dayton Toledo.Ohio__toledo Youngstown Tulsa Eugene Portland.Oregon__portland Allentown Erie Chester Philadelphia__City_of_Brotherly_Love Pittsburgh Scranton Newport.Rhode_Island__newport Charleston.South_Carolina__charleston Sioux_Falls Chattanooga Knoxville Memphis.Tennessee__memphi Abilene Amarillo Beaumont Brownsville Corpus_Christi Dallas El_Paso Fort_Worth Houston Laredo Lubbock Odessa San_Antonio Waco Wichita_Falls Burlington Newport_News Norfolk Lynchburg Portsmouth.port__portsmouth Roanoke Seattle Spokane Tacoma Beckley Clarksburg Huntington Morgantown Parkersburg Wheeling Green_Bay Milwaukee Racine Casper Vatican_City__Citta_del_Vaticano Cuidad_Bolivar Maracaibo Maracay Valencia.Venezuela__valencia Ho_Chi_Minh_City__Saigon Haiphong Aden Bulawayo
subtype: town an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work"
subtype: burg colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life"
subtype: boom_town a town enjoying sudden prosperity
subtype: ghost_town__ghosttown a deserted town (especially in Western United States)
subtype: hometown the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again"
subtype: market_town a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times
instance: Nogales.northern_Mexico__nogale Austerlitz Viborg Mariehamn__Maarianhamina Knossos__Cnossos__Cnossus Actium Akko__Acre__Akka__Accho Bethlehem Tivoli__Tibur Agrigento__Acragas__Girgenti Nanaimo Churchill Yellowknife Kingston.Ontario__kingston Sault_Sainte_Marie Dawson Alost__Aalost Blackpool Stratford-on-Avon__Stratford-upon-Avon Hastings Canterbury Bangor.Northern_Ireland Tara Ayr Aberdare Bangor.Wales__bangor Saqqara__Saqqarah__Sakkara Calais Chablis Vichy Thule Monte_Carlo El_Aaium Cuzco__Cusco Setubal Abydos Antioch__Antakya__Antakiya Decatur.Alabama__decatur Gadsden Tuscaloosa Tuskegee Nome Flagstaff Nogales.Arizona__nogale Prescott Yuma.Arizona__yuma Fayetteville Fort_Smith Hot_Springs Jonesboro Pine_Bluff Texarkana.Arkansas__texarkana Barstow Eureka Monterey Palo_Alto Redding San_Mateo San_Pablo Santa_Barbara Boulder Farmington.Connecticut__farmington New_London Daytona_Beach Fort_Myers Gainesville Key_West Melbourne.Florida__melbourne Palm_Beach Panama_City.Florida__panamacity Pensacola Sarasota West_Palm_Beach Albany.Georgia__albany Athens.Georgia__athen Brunswick.Georgia__brunswick Oxford.Mississippi__oxford Valdosta Hilo Coeur_d'Alene Idaho_Falls Lewiston.Idaho__lewiston Nampa Pocatello Twin_Falls.Idaho__twinfall Carbondale Champaign East_Saint_Louis Moline Rock_Island Urbana Bloomington Lafayette.Indiana__lafayette Muncie Council_Bluffs Clinton Dubuque Mason_City Ottumwa Dodge_City Hays Lawrence Salina Bowling_Green Owensboro Paducah Alexandria Lafayette.Louisiana__lafayette Monroe.Louisiana__monroe Morgan_City Bangor.Maine__bangor Brunswick.Maine__brunswick Lewiston.Maine__lewiston Orono Aberdeen.Maryland__aberdeen Frederick Hagerstown Concord.Massachusetts__concord Gloucester.Massachusetts__gloucester Lexington.Massachusetts__lexington Medford.Massachusetts__medford Pittsfield Plymouth Alpena Houghton Jackson.Michigan__jackson Kalamazoo Marquette Monroe.Michigan__monroe Saginaw Traverse_City Bemidji Hibbing Mankato Rochester.Minnesota__rochester Saint_Cloud__St._Cloud Virginia.Minnesota__virginia Biloxi.Mississippi__biloxi Columbus.Mississippi__columbu Greenville Hattiesburg Meridian Natchez Tupelo Vicksburg Cape_Girardeau Columbia.Missouri__columbia Hannibal Poplar_Bluff St._Joseph__Saint_Joseph Sedalia Bozeman Great_Falls Missoula Grand_Island North_Platte Portsmouth New_Brunswick.New_Jersey__newbrunswick Princeton Carlsbad Farmington.New_Mexico__farmington Gallup Las_Cruces Los_Alamos Roswell Silver_City Taos Ithaca Elmont Kingston.New_York_State__kingston Newburgh Saratoga_Springs Watertown.New_York_State__watertown Asheville Chappel_Hill Fayetteville.North_Carolina__fayetteville Greenville.North_Carolina__greenville Wilmington.North_Carolina__wilmington Athens.Ohio__athen Mansfield Bartlesville Enid Lawton McAlester Muskogee.Oklahoma__muskogee Bend Klamath_Falls Medford.Oregon__medford Altoona Gettysburg Hershey Florence Greenville.South_Carolina__greenville Aberdeen.South_Dakota__aberdeen Rapid_City Columbia.Tennessee__columbia Jackson.Tennessee__jackson Johnson_City Bryan Del_Rio Galveston Lufkin McAllen Midland Paris.Texas__pari San_Angelo Sherman Texarkana.Texas__texarkana Tyler Victoria.Texas__victoria Ogden Provo Bennington Brattleboro Rutland Blacksburg Aberdeen.Washington__aberdeen Bellingham Kennewick Vancouver.Washington__vancouver Walla_Walla Yakima Fayetteville.West_Virginia__fayetteville Appleton Eau_Claire La_Crosse Superior Watertown.Wisconsin__watertown Wausau Jackson.Wyoming__jackson Lander Laramie Rock_Springs
subtype: prefecture.administrative_district the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
subtype: state.administrative_district__province the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
subtype: commonwealth the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
instance: Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico__Puerto_Rico__Porto_Rico__PR
subtype: American_state one of the 50 states of the United States
subtype: slave_state__slavestate any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the Civil War
subtype: free_state any state prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War
instance: Alabama__Heart_of_Dixie__Camellia_State__AL Alaska__Last_Frontier__AK Arizona__Grand_Canyon_State__AZ Arkansas__Land_of_Opportunity__AR California__Golden_State__CA Colorado__Centennial_State__CO Connecticut__Nutmeg_State__Constitution_State__CT Delaware__Diamond_State__First_State__DE Florida__Sunshine_State__Everglade_State__FL Georgia__Empire_State_of_the_South__Peach_State__GA Hawaii__Aloha_State__HI Idaho__Gem_State__ID Illinois__Prairie_State__Land_of_Lincoln__IL Indiana__Hoosier_State__IN Iowa__Hawkeye_State__IA Kansas__Sunflower_State__KS Kentucky__Bluegrass_State__KY Louisiana__Pelican_State__LA Maine__Pine_Tree_State__ME Maryland__Old_Line_State__Free_State__MD Massachusetts__Bay_State__Old_Colony__MA Michigan__Wolverine_State__Great_Lakes_State__MI Minnesota__Gopher_State__North_Star_State__MN Mississippi__Magnolia_State__MS Missouri__Show_Me_State__MO Montana__Treasure_State__MT Nebraska__Cornhusker_State__NE Nevada__Silver_State__Battle_Born_State__Sagebrush_State__NV New_Hampshire__Granite_State__NH New_Jersey__Garden_State__NJ New_Mexico__Land_of_Enchantment__NM New_York_State__New_York__Empire_State__NY North_Carolina__Old_North_State__Tar_Heel_State__NC North_Dakota__Peace_Garden_State__ND Ohio__Buckeye_State__OH Oklahoma__Sooner_State__OK Oregon__Beaver_State__OR Pennsylvania__Keystone_State__PA Rhode_Island__Little_Rhody__Ocean_State__RI South_Carolina__Palmetto_State__SC South_Dakota__Coyote_State__Mount_Rushmore_State__SD Tennessee__Volunteer_State__TN Texas__Lone-Star_State__TX Utah__Beehive_State__Mormon_State__UT Vermont__Green_Mountain_State__VT Virginia__Old_Dominion__Old_Dominion_State__VA Washington_State__Washington__Evergreen_State__WA West_Virginia__Mountain_State__WV Wisconsin__Badger_State__WI Wyoming__Equality_State__WY
subtype: Italian_region Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes
instance: Abruzzi_e_Molise__Abruzzi Basilicata__Lucania Calabria Campania Emilia-Romagna Friuli-Venezia_Giulia Latium__Lazio Liguria Lombardy__Lombardia Marche__Marches Molise Piemonte__Piedmont Puglia__Apulia Sardegna__Sardinia Sicily__Sicilia Tuscany__Toscana Trentino-Alto_Adige Umbria Valle_D'Aosta Veneto__Venezia-Euganea__Venetia
subtype: Canadian_province Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes
instance: Alberta British_Columbia Manitoba New_Brunswick.Canada__newbrunswick Newfoundland.Canadian_province__newfoundland Nova_Scotia Ontario Prince_Edward_Island Quebec Saskatchewan
subtype: Australian_state one of the states constituting Australia
instance: Queensland__QLD New_South_Wales__NSW Victoria.Australian_state__victoria__VIC Tasmania South_Australia__SA Western_Australia__WA
subtype: Soviet_Socialist_Republic one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991)
instance: Soviet_Russia__Russia__Russian_Soviet_Federated_Socialist_Republic
instance: Gansu__Kansu Hebei__Hopei__Hopeh Szechwan__Sichuan__Szechuan Yunnan Chihuahua.state__chihuahua Lower_Saxony Bavaria Kosovo Tyrol__Tirol Assam Manipur Andhra_Pradesh Bihar Goa Gujarat__Gujerat Tamil_Nadu__Madras Orissa Indonesian_Borneo__Kalimantan Transvaal Abkhazia__Abkhaz Adzhar__Adzharia Buganda
subtype: township__town an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal"
subtype: ward.administrative_district a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
subtype: city_district a district of a town or city
subtype: Barbary_Coast.city_district__barbarycoast a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of 1849); "we'll tolerate no Barbary Coast in this city!"
subtype: precinct a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
subtype: police_precinct a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force
subtype: voting_precinct__election_district one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place
subtype: business_district__downtown the commercial center of a town or city
instance: Tin_Pan_Alley
subtype: red-light_district__redlightdistrict a district with many brothels
subtype: quarter a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"
subtype: ghetto the quarter of many European cities in which Jews are required to live
subtype: kasbah the quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located
subtype: medina the ancient quarter of many North African cities
subtype: barrio.quarter a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)
subtype: waterfront the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water
subtype: seafront the waterfront of a seaside town
subtype: dockyard an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired
subtype: slum_area__slum a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
subtype: shantytown a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties
subtype: skid_row a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts
subtype: tenderloin__combat_zone a city district known for its vice and high crime rate
subtype: turf.city_district the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
subtype: enterprise_zone__enterprisezone a city district where development receives special tax advantages
subtype: outskirt__fringe a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"
instance: West_Berlin Bloomsbury Soho Wembley West_End Nob_Hill Beacon_Hill Coney_Island Harlem Hell's_Kitchen__Hell's_Half_Acre SoHo off-Broadway Times_Square
subtype: congressional_district__congressionaldistrict a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives
subtype: development.district a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park developments"
subtype: housing_development__housingdevelopment a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management; "they live in the new housing development"
subtype: housing_project__housingproject a housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families
subtype: enclave an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
subtype: residential_district__residentialdistrict__residential_area__residentialarea a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
subtype: uptown a residential part of town away from the central commercial district
subtype: suburb__suburbia__suburban_area a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
subtype: addition.suburb a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
subtype: faubourg a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city: "in Faubourg Sainte Marie"
instance: Wimbledon Orly
subtype: exurbia a residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia
subtype: tenement_district a residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses
subtype: rabbit_warren__warren an overcrowded residential area
instance: Georgetown Greenwich_Village__Village
subtype: goldfield a district where gold is mined
subtype: jurisdiction in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
subtype: abbacy the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
subtype: archbishopric the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop
subtype: archdeaconry the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon
subtype: bailiwick the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
subtype: caliphate.jurisdiction the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
subtype: diocese__bishopric the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
subtype: archdiocese the diocese of an archbishop
subtype: eparchy a diocese of the Eastern Christian Church
subtype: justiciary the jurisdiction of a justiciar
subtype: turf (informal) range of jurisdiction or influence: "a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system"
subtype: parish.jurisdiction the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
subtype: patriarchate the jurisdiction of a patriarch
subtype: venue in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held
subtype: viceroyalty a district or province governed by a viceroy
subtype: protectorate__associated_state a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty
subtype: australian_district
instance: Gold_Coast Fortitude_Valley Sunshine_Coast Whitsunday Adelaide Alice_Springs Armidale Auckland__Aukland Ayers_Rock Blackwater Brampton_Island Brisbane Broken_Hill Broome Bundaberg Burnie Cairns Canberra__Australian_capital__capital_of_Australia Coffs_Harbour Darwin Devonport Dubbo Dunk_Island Edinburgh Emerald Gladstone Coolangatta Gove Grafton Great_Keppel Hervey_Bay Hobart Kalgoorlie Karratha Kempsey Launceston Lizard_Island Lord_Howe_Island Mackay Maroochydore Maryborough McArthur_River Melbourne Mildura Moree Mount_Gambier Narrabri Newcastle Perth Port_Hedland Port_Lincoln Port_Macquarie Proserpine Renmark Rockhampton Sydney Tamworth Taree Thursday_Island Toowoomba Townsville Wellington__capital_of_New_Zealand Whyalla Arundel Ashmore Labrador Nerang Parkwood Robina Southport Surfers_Paradise
instance: Louisiana_Purchase Palatinate__Pfalz Mount_Athos__Athos Attica Boeotia Acadia Northwest_Territories Yukon_Territory__Yukon Northern_Territory__NT Acre Lake_District__Lakeland Galloway.district__galloway Lothian_Region East_Malaysia Sabah__North_Borneo Sarawak West_Malaysia Natal.district__natal American_Samoa__Eastern_Samoa__AS Aragon Castile__Castilla Catalonia Kordofan Darmstadt (pm)
subtype: demesne__domain__land territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
subtype: archduchy the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess
subtype: barony.demesne the domain of a baron
subtype: duchy__dukedom the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
subtype: earldom the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess
subtype: emirate.demesne the domain controlled by an emir
subtype: empire the domain ruled by an emperor or empress
instance: Roman_Empire Egyptian_Empire__Egypt Persia__Persian_Empire Russia.empire__russia Ottoman_Empire__Turkish_Empire
subtype: fiefdom.demesne the domain controlled by a feudal lord
subtype: grand_duchy__grandduchy the domain controlled by a grand duke or grand duchess
subtype: viscounty the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess
subtype: kingdom.demesne__realm the domain ruled by a king or queen
subtype: principality__princedom territory ruled by a prince
instance: Wales__Cymru__Cambria Monaco__Principality_of_Monaco Muscovy
subtype: sheikdom__sheikhdom the domain ruled by a sheik
subtype: suzerainty the domain of a suzerain
instance: Kingdom_of_God
subtype: northland__North__septentrion any region lying in or toward the north
subtype: southland__South any region lying in or toward the south
subtype: practical_work_field__field somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected; "anthropologists do much of their work in the field"
subtype: geographical_area__geographic_area__geographical_region__geographic_region a demarcated area of the Earth
subtype: Andalusia__Andalucia a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization
subtype: Appalachia an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina)
subtype: Nubia an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser
subtype: desert an arid region with little or no vegetation
instance: Arabian_Desert Atacama_Desert Australian_Desert Colorado_Desert Death_Valley Gila_Desert Gobi_Desert__Gobi Kalahari_Desert__Kalahari Libyan_Desert Mojave_Desert__Mojave__Mohave__Mohave_Desert Namib_Desert Negev_Desert__Negev Nubian_Desert Painted_Desert Patagonian_Desert Sahara_Desert__Sahara Sinai_Desert__Sinai
subtype: semidesert a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
subtype: borderland__marchland the area on either side of a border or boundary
subtype: place__property any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"
subtype: sanctuary a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
subtype: sanctum_sanctorum__sanctumsanctorum__holy_of_holies (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the Temple of Jerusalem where the Ark of the Covenant was kept
subtype: Tabernacle (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus
subtype: centre__center a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
subtype: hatchery a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs); "the park authorities operated a trout hatchery"
subtype: catchment_area__catchmentarea__catchment_basin__catchmentbasin__drainage_area__drainage_basin the geographical area draining into a river or reservoir
subtype: river_basin__riverbasin__basin the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; "flood control in the Missouri basin"
subtype: geographical_zone__zone any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude
subtype: climatic_zone any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude
subtype: Frigid_Zone__polar_zone__polarzone the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate
subtype: Antarctic_Zone__Antarctic__South_Frigid_Zone the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
subtype: Arctic_Zone__Arctic__North_Frigid_Zone the regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
subtype: Temperate_Zone the part of the Earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by temperate climate
instance: North_Temperate_Zone South_Temperate_Zone
subtype: subtropics__semitropics__semitropic regions adjacent to the tropics
instance: Torrid_Zone__tropical_zone__tropics
subtype: time_zone any of the 24 regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used
subtype: environs__environment__surroundings__surround the area in which something exists or lives: "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
subtype: ambiance__ambience the atmosphere of an environment
subtype: medium.environs the surrounding environment; "fish require an aqueous medium"
subtype: setting.environs__scene the context and environment in which something is set: "the perfect setting for a ghost story"
subtype: element.environs the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes"
subtype: habitat the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs: "a marine habitat"
subtype: habitation the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
subtype: aerie__aery__eyrie__eyry any habitation at a high altitude
subtype: lair__den the habitation of wild animals
subtype: melting_pot__meltingpot an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated
subtype: parts__part the local environment; "he hasn't been seen around these parts in years"
subtype: dust_bowl a region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s
subtype: hemisphere half of the terrestrial globe
subtype: eastern_hemisphere__easternhemisphere__orient the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
subtype: northern_hemisphere the hemisphere north of the equator
subtype: southern_hemisphere the hemisphere south of the equator
subtype: western_hemisphere__westernhemisphere__occident__New_World the hemisphere that includes North and South America
subtype: hotspot__hot_spot__hotspot a place of political unrest and potential violence; "the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots"
subtype: panhandle.geographical_area a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area; "Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia"
subtype: rural_area__ruralarea__country an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
subtype: backwoods__backwood__back_country__boondocks__boondock__hinterland a remote and undeveloped area
subtype: farmland__farming_area__farmingarea a rural area where farming is practiced
subtype: countryside rural regions
subtype: scrubland an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation
subtype: weald (Brit) an area of open or forested country
subtype: wold a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)
subtype: sphere_of_influence__sphere the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
subtype: field.geographical_area a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa"
subtype: coalfield a region where there is coal underground
subtype: gasfield a region where there is natural gas underground
subtype: oilfield a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)
subtype: settlement.geographical_area an area where a group of families live together
subtype: village__hamlet a settlement smaller than a town
subtype: kraal.village a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade
subtype: pueblo a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern U.S.
instance: Kampong__campong El_Alamein Jericho Jamestown
subtype: piece_of_land__tract__piece_of_ground__parcel_of_land__parcel an extended area of land
subtype: baseball_diamond__diamond__infield the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
subtype: centerfield__center the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher; "he hit the ball to deep center"
subtype: leftfield__left the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
subtype: outfield the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases
subtype: rightfield__right the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
subtype: short the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
subtype: railway_yard__railwayyard__yard an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
subtype: marshalling_yard__marshallingyard a railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loaded
subtype: oasis__oasi a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
subtype: battlefield__battleground__field_of_battle__field a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
subtype: Camlan (Arthurian legend) the battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded
instance: Armageddon
subtype: minefield a region in which explosives mines have been placed
subtype: breeding_ground a place where animals breed
subtype: pesthole a breeding ground for epidemic disease
subtype: rookery a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
subtype: heronry a breeding ground for herons; a heron rookery
subtype: glade a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
subtype: field a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"
subtype: curtilage__yard__grounds the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
subtype: backyard the grounds in back of a house
subtype: courtyard__court a yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"
subtype: atrium the central area in a building; open to the sky
subtype: bailey.courtyard the outer courtyard of a castle
subtype: cloister a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
subtype: forecourt the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings
subtype: parvis a courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral)
subtype: dooryard a yard outside the front or rear door of a house
subtype: front_yard__frontyard the yard in front of a house; between the house and the street
subtype: garden.curtilage a yard or lawn adjoining a house
subtype: playground yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play
subtype: side_yard the grounds at either side of a house
subtype: campus a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
instance: Gold_Coast_campus_of_Griffith_Uni (QLD)
subtype: firebreak a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
subtype: grainfield__grain_field__grainfield a field where grain is grown
subtype: cornfield__corn_field a field planted with corn
subtype: wheatfield__wheat_field__wheatfield a field planted with wheat
subtype: lawn a field of cultivated and mowed grass
subtype: paddy_field__paddyfield__paddy__rice_paddy an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown
subtype: grounds a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
subtype: playing_field__playingfield__athletic_field__playing_area__playingarea__field a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"
subtype: scene_of_action__arena a playing field where sports events take place
subtype: circus.scene_of_action__circu an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent; "they used the elephants to help put up the circus"
subtype: ball_field__diamond the baseball playing field
subtype: court a specially marked area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance"
subtype: badminton_court__badmintoncourt the court on which badminton is played
subtype: basketball_court the court on which basketball is played
subtype: home_court (basketball) the court where the host team plays its home games
subtype: handball_court the court on which handball is played
subtype: squash_court the indoor court in which squash is played
subtype: tennis_court the court on which tennis is played
subtype: volleyball_court the court on which volleyball is played
subtype: football_field__gridiron the playing field on which football is played
subtype: palestra__palaestra a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes
subtype: bowling_green__bowlinggreen a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls
subtype: industrial_park a tract at a distance from city center that is designed for a community of businesses and factories
subtype: grassland a land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
subtype: hayfield__meadow a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
subtype: pasture__pastureland__grazing_land__grazingland__lea__ley a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
subtype: common_land__commons__common a pasture subject to common use
subtype: cow_pasture__cowpasture a pasture for cows
subtype: prairie a treeless grassy plain
instance: Great_Plains
subtype: savanna__savannah a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
subtype: veld__veldt elevated open grassland in southern Africa
subtype: mud_flat__mudflat a tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide
subtype: parade_ground an area for holding parades
subtype: fairground an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses
subtype: midway the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located
subtype: fairway.piece_of_land a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement
subtype: park a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property; "there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park"
subtype: national_park a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property
instance: Acadia_National_Park Arches_National_Park Badlands_National_Park Big_Bend_National_Park Biscayne_National_Park Bruce_Canyon_National_Park Canyonlands_National_Park Capitol_Reef_National_Park Carlsbad_Caverns_National_Park Channel_Islands_National_Park Crater_Lake_National_Park Denali_National_Park Everglades_National_Park Gates_of_the_Arctic_National_Park Grand_Canyon_National_Park Grand_Teton_National_Park Great_Smoky_Mountains_National_Park Guadalupe_Mountains_National_Park Haleakala_National_Park Hawaii_Volcanoes_National_Park Hot_Springs_National_Park Isle_Royal_National_Park Katmai_National_Park Kenai_Fjords_National_Park Kings_Canyon_National_Park Kobuk_Valley_National_Park Lake_Clark_National_Park Lassen_Volcanic_National_Park Mammoth_Cave_National_Park Mesa_Verde_National_Park Mount_Ranier_National_Park North_Cascades_National_Park Olympic_National_Park Petrified_Forest_National_Park Platt_National_Park Redwood_National_Park Rocky_Mountain_National_Park Sequoia_National_Park Shenandoah_National_Park Theodore_Roosevelt_Memorial_National_Park Virgin_Islands_National_Park Voyageurs_National_Park Wind_Cave_National_Park Wrangell-St._Elias_National_Park Yellowstone_National_Park Yosemite_National_Park Zion_National_Park
subtype: commons__common__park__green a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"
subtype: amusement_park__amusementpark__funfair__pleasure_ground a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
subtype: theme_park__themepark an amusement park that is organized around some theme (as the world of tomorrow)
instance: http://sunshinecoast.citysearch.com.au/profile?id=45110368
instance: Disneyland Walt_Disney_World
subtype: village_green__villagegreen a village park consisting of a plot of grassy land
instance: Central_Park
subtype: picnic_area__picnic_ground a tract of land set aside for picnicking
subtype: public_square__square an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
subtype: piazza__plaza a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place"
subtype: toll_plaza an area where tollbooths are located
subtype: range.piece_of_land a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze; "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"; "he dreamed of a home on the range"
subtype: home_range__home_territory the area in which an animal normally ranges
subtype: sector.piece_of_land a portion of a military position
subtype: land_site__site the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located): "a good site for the school"
subtype: summer_camp__camp a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months; "city kids get to see the country at a summer camp"
subtype: day_camp__daycamp a camp providing care and activities for children during the daytime
subtype: apron.land_site (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green
subtype: bomb_site an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs; "they opened a parking lot on the bomb site"
subtype: campsite__campground__camping_site__campingsite__camping_ground__campingground__bivouac__encampment__camping_area__campingarea a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
subtype: cemetery__graveyard__burial_site__burial_ground__burying_ground__buryingground__memorial_park__necropolis a tract of land used for burials
subtype: potter's_field a cemetery for unknown or indigent people
subtype: excavation__dig the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
subtype: garbage_dump__garbagedump__dump__trash_dump__trashdump__rubbishdump__wasteyard__dumpsite a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
subtype: eitchen_midden__eitchenmidden__midden__kitchen_midden__kitchenmidden (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
subtype: garbage_heap__garbageheap__junk_heap__rubbish_heap__rubbishheap__scrapheap__trash_heap__trashheap__junk_pile__trash_pile__trashpile__refuse_heap an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
subtype: toxic_waste_dump__toxicwastedump__toxic_waste_site__toxicwastesite__toxic_dumpsite__toxicdumpsite a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally)
subtype: fairway the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short
subtype: putting_green__puttinggreen__green an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the trap"
subtype: launching_site__launchingsite a place for launching pads
subtype: monument an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
subtype: market_cross a cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conducted
subtype: premises land and buildings together considered as a place of business; "bread is baked on the premises"
subtype: rough the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
subtype: tee__teeing_ground the starting place for each hole on a golf course; "they were waiting on the first tee"
subtype: subdivision.piece_of_land an area composed of subdivided lots
subtype: mine_field a tract of land containing explosive mines
subtype: terrain a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; "they decided to attack across the rocky terrain"
subtype: plot_of_ground__plot__patch a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
subtype: bed.plot_of_ground a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"
subtype: asparagus_bed__asparagusbed a bed in which asparagus is growing
subtype: flowerbed__bedofflower a bed in which flowers are growing
subtype: rose_bed__bed_of_roses a flower bed in which roses are growing
subtype: tulip_bed a flowerbed in which tulips are growing
subtype: hotbed a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
subtype: seedbed a bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting
subtype: turnip_bed a bed in which turnips are growing
subtype: garden a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
subtype: flower_garden a garden featuring flowering plants
subtype: parterre an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern
subtype: formal_garden a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs
subtype: Tuileries_Gardens__Tuileries formal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris
subtype: woodlet__grove__orchard garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
subtype: apple_orchard__appleorchard a grove of apple trees
subtype: lemon_grove__lemongrove a grove of lemon trees
subtype: orange_grove grove of orange trees
subtype: peach_orchard__peachorchard a grove of peach trees
subtype: Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC; one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
subtype: herb_garden a garden for growing herbs
subtype: hop_garden__hopgarden__hop_field__hopfield a garden where hops are grown
subtype: kitchen_garden__kitchengarden__vegetable_garden__vegetablegarden__vegetablepatch a small garden where vegetables are grown
subtype: victory_garden__victorygarden a kitchen garden planted during wartime to relieve food shortages
subtype: landscaping a garden laid out for esthetic effect; "they spent a great deal of money on the landscaping"
subtype: market_garden a garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for marketing
subtype: rock_garden__rockery a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants
subtype: roof_garden a garden on a flat roof of a building
subtype: rose_garden a garden for growing roses
subtype: sunken_garden a garden set below the level of the ground surrounding it
subtype: tea_garden__teagarden a public garden where tea is served
subtype: topiary.garden a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals
subtype: lot a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
subtype: parking_lot__parkinglot__car_park__carpark__parking_area__parkingarea a lot where cars are parked
subtype: used-car_lot a parking lot where a dealer in used-cars displays cars for sale
subtype: vacant_lot__building_site a lot on which there are no permanent buildings
subtype: sandlot a vacant lot used by city boys to play games
subtype: yard.piece_of_land a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
subtype: junkyard a field where junk is collected and stored for resale
subtype: schoolyard the yard associated with a school
subtype: churchyard__God's_acre the yard associated with a church
subtype: tiltyard (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests
subtype: urban_area__urbanarea a geographical area constituting a city or town
subtype: megalopolis__megalopoli a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns)
subtype: conurbation__urban_sprawl__urbansprawl an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
subtype: subtopia (Brit) monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings
subtype: municipality.urban_area an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
subtype: barrio an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country
instance: Rustbelt Twin_Cities
subtype: Victoria_Land a mountainous area of Antarctica bounded by the Ross Sea
subtype: wilderness__wild a wild and uninhabited area
subtype: barren__waste__wasteland an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
subtype: heathland__heath (British) a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
subtype: bush a large wilderness area
subtype: outback the remote bush country of Australia
subtype: frontier a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"
subtype: zone.geographical_area a circumscribed geographical region characterized by some distinctive features
subtype: island.zone a zone or area resembling an island
subtype: traffic_island__trafficisland__safety_island__safety_isle__safety_zone an island area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians
subtype: French_region a geographical subdivision of France
instance: French_Riviera__Cote_d'Azur Alsace__Alsatia__Elsass Anjou Aquitaine__Aquitania Artois Auvergne Basse-Normandie__Lower-Normandy Bourgogne__Burgundy Bretagne__Brittany__Breiz Centre Champagne-Ardenne__Champagne Corse__Corsica Franche-Comte Gascogne__Gascony Haute-Normandie__Upper-Normandy Ile-de-France Languedoc-Roussillon Limousin Lorraine__Lothringen Martinique Mayenne Midi-Pyrenees Nord-Pas-de-Calais Pays_de_la_Loire Picardie__Picardy Poitou-Charentes__Poitou Rhone-Alpes Provence
subtype: Baltic_State__Baltic_Republic European countries bordering the Baltic Sea
instance: Estonia__Republic_of_Estonia__Esthonia Latvia__Republic_of_Latvia Lithuania__Republic_of_Lithuania__Lietuva
subtype: Colony one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
instance: Connecticut.Colony__connecticut Delaware.Colony__delaware Georgia.Colony__georgia Maryland.Colony__maryland Massachusetts_Bay_Colony__Massachusetts New_Hampshire.Colony__newhampshire New_Jersey.Colony__newjersey New_York.Colony__newyork North_Carolina.Colony__northcarolina Pennsylvania.Colony__pennsylvania Rhode_Island.Colony__rhodeisland South_Carolina.Colony__southcarolina Virginia.Colony__virginia
instance: Bad_Lands__Badlands Barbary Caucasia__Caucasus East_USA Southeast_USA Southwest_USA Northeast_USA Northwest_USA Midwest_USA__Middle_West_USA West_USA Wild_West_USA Phrygia Pontus Illyria Caribbean Bengal Patagonia pampas Rhineland__Rheinland Southeast_Asia Manchuria Turkistan__Turkestan French_Indochina Central_America Czechoslovakia Bohemia northern_Europe Scandinavia Brandenburg Prussia__Preussen Ruhr_Valley__Ruhr Thuringia Karelia Epirus Laconia Lycia Lydia Thessalia__Thessaly Arcadia Middle_East__Near_East Fertile_Crescent West_Bank Galilee Gaza_Strip Golan_Heights Canaan__Palestine__Holy_Land__Promised_Land Juda__Judah Judea__Judaea Philistia Byzantine_Empire__Eastern_Roman_Empire Montenegro__Crna_Gora Dalmatia Serbia__Srbija Labrador Maritime_Provinces__Maritimes Klondike Austria-Hungary British_Empire East_Anglia Lancashire Yorkshire Northumbria West_Country Sussex Wessex Ulster Hindustan Sikkim Kanara__Canara Punjab Gujerat__Gujarat Maharashtra Levant Macedon__Macedonia__Makedonija Thrace Mesopotamia Babylonia Sumer Assyria Phoenicia__Phenicia Gallia__Gaul Riviera Midi Normandie__Normandy Orleanais Lyonnais Guiana ultima_Thule__Thule Lappland__Lapland Mongolia Western_Sahara__Spanish_Sahara Kashmir__Cashmere Parthia Siberia Livonia Colchis Donets_Basin__Donbass__Donbas Latin_America Galicia Leon.geographical_area__leon Sudan__Soudan Tanganyika Ionia New_England Mid-Atlantic_states Gulf_States Confederate_States_of_America__Confederacy__South__Dixie__Dixieland South_USA Deep_South Old_South Sunbelt Tidewater Piedmont Union__North North_USA Carolina Dakota.geographical_area__dakota Bluegrass_Country__Bluegrass__Bluegrass_Region Low_Countries Lusitania Silesia__Slask__Slezsko__Schlesien Big_Sur Silicon_Valley Sub-Saharan_Africa__Black_Africa Scythia West_Africa
subtype: biogeographical_region__biogeographicalregion an area of the Earth determined by distribution of flora and fauna
subtype: benthos__bentho__benthic_division__benthicdivision__benthonic_zone__benthoniczone a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
subtype: irredenta__irridenta a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another
subtype: antipodes__antipode any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth; "the North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes"
subtype: unknown_region__unknownregion__terra_incognita__terraincognita an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown"
subtype: occident__West the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North and South America
subtype: Europe the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
subtype: dry_land__dryland__land__earth__solid_ground__solidground__terrafirma the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
subtype: the_Americas__America North and South America
subtype: archipelago a group of many islands in a large body of water
instance: Cape_Verde_Islands Tierra_del_Fuego Comoro_Islands__Iles_Comores West_Indies__the_Indies Antilles Greater_Antilles Lesser_Antilles__Caribees Leeward_Islands Windward_Islands Svalbard Lofoten Aland_islands__Aaland_islands__Ahvenanmaa Aleutian_Islands__Aleutians Oceania__Oceanica Australasia Austronesia Melanesia Micronesia Mariana_Islands__Marianas__Ladrone_Islands Caroline_Islands Marshall_Islands Gilbert_Islands Ellice_Islands__Tuvalu Polynesia Malay_Archipelago__East_Indies Sunda_Islands Greater_Sunda_Islands Lesser_Sunda_Islands__Nusa_Tenggara Bismarck_Archipelago Admiralty_Islands Hebrides__Hebridean_Islands__Hebridean_Isles__Western_Islands__Western_Isles Inner_Hebrides Outer_Hebrides Japanese_Islands__Japan__Japanese_Archipelago Ryukyu_Islands Orkney_Islands Shetland_Islands__Shetland__Zetland Palau_Islands__Palau__Belau__Pelew Philippines__Philippine_Islands Society_Islands Tuamotu_Archipelago__Paumotu_Archipelago__Low_Archipelago Tubuai_Islands__Austral_Islands Gambier_Islands Marquesas_Islands__Iles_Marquises Solomons__Solomon_Islands Balearic_Islands Alexander_Archipelago Hawaiian_Islands__Sandwich_Islands
subtype: ness__cape a strip of land projecting into a body of water
subtype: Cape_Sable.ness__capesable a cape at the southwest tip of Florida; the southernmost part of the United States mainland
subtype: spit.ness__tongue a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
instance: Cape_Horn Lindeness__Naze Cape_of_Good_Hope Cape_May Cape_Fear Cape_Hatteras
subtype: coastal_plain__coastalplain a plain adjacent to a coast
subtype: tidewater low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams
subtype: floor.dry_land the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"
subtype: foreland land forming the forward margin of something
subtype: woodland__forest__timberland__timber land that is covered with trees and shrubs
subtype: Black_Forest__Schwarzwald a hilly forest region in southwestern Germany
subtype: greenwood woodlands in full leaf; "the greenwood was Robin Hood's home"
subtype: jungle an impenetrable equatorial forest
subtype: tropical_rain_forest__rain_forest a tropical forest with heavy annual rainfall
subtype: riparian_forest woodlands along the banks of stream or river
subtype: Sherwood_Forest an ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band
subtype: silva__sylva the forest trees growing in a country or region
subtype: tree_farm a forest (or part of a forest) where trees are grown for commercial use
subtype: pinetum an area planted with pine trees or related conifers
subtype: hills__hill hilly land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"; "the Black Hills"
subtype: foothills__foothill hilly land on the lower slopes of mountains
instance: Cotswolds__Cotswold_Hills Nilgiri_Hills Black_Hills
subtype: island a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
subtype: Aegean_island an island in the Aegean Sea
instance: Aigina__Aegina Chios__Khios Cyclades__Kikladhes Dodecanese__Dhodhekanisos Lesbos__Lesvos__Mytilene Rhodes__Rodhos
subtype: barrier_island__barrierisland a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore
instance: Hatteras_Island
subtype: isle__islet a small island
instance: Isle_of_Wight__Wight
subtype: Kodiak_Island__Kodiak an island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska; site of the first European settlement in the area which was founded by the Russians in 1784
subtype: South_Sea_Islands any islands in the southern or southwestern of central parts of the Pacific Ocean
instance: Anguilla Aran_Islands Cayman_Islands Antigua Atlantis Barbuda Redonda Bermuda__Bermudas Montserrat Sao_Tiago_Island Falkland_Islands Ceylon Chiloe Formosa__Taiwan Taiwan__China__Nationalist_China__Republic_of_China Guadalupe_Island Caribbean_Island Netherlands_Antilles Aruba Bonaire Curacao Saba Saint_Eustatius__St._Eustatius Saint_Martin__St._Martin__Saint_Maarten__St._Maarten Cuba Guadeloupe Hispaniola__Haiti__Hayti Puerto_Rico__Porto_Rico Jamaica Virgin_Islands Barbados Trinidad Tobago Cyprus Zealand__Seeland__Sjaelland Dominica Bioko Spitsbergen__Spitzbergen Galapagos_Islands__Galapagos Fiji_Islands__Fijis Viti_Levu Vanua_Levu Crete__Kriti Ithaki__Ithaca Egadi_Islands__Aegadean_Isles__Aegadean_Islands__Isole_Egadi__Aegates Lemnos__Limnos Capri Ischia Sardinia__Sardegna Sicilia__Sicily Greenland__Gronland__Kalaallit_Nunaat Baffin_Island Vancouver_Island Newfoundland.island__newfoundland Tasmanian_Island__Tasmania Guam__GU Saipan.island__saipan Wake_Island__Wake Nauru_Island__Nauru__Pleasant_Island Borneo__Kalimantan Bougainville Guadalcanal New_Britain New_Caledonia New_Guinea__Papua New_Ireland Bahrain_Island__Bahrain__Bahrein__Bahrein_Island British_Isles Great_Britain Ireland__Hibernia__Emerald_Isle Isle_of_Man__Man Anglesey_Island__Anglesey__Anglesea__Anglesea_Island__Mona Java Bali Timor Sumatra Celebes__Sulawesi Moluccas__Spice_Islands Hokkaido__Ezo__Yezo Honshu__Hondo Kyushu Shikoku Okinawa Ile-St-Louis Corsica__Corse Martinique Faroe_Islands__Faeroe_Islands__Faroes__Faeroes Iceland Madagascar Maldives__Maldive_Islands Malta Mauritius New_Zealand_Islands__New_Zealand Cebu Luzon Mindoro Visayan_Islands__Bisayas Azores__Acores Madeira_Islands Saint_Christopher__St._Christopher__Saint_Kitts__St._Kitts Nevis Sombrero Saint_Lucia__St._Lucia Saint_Vincent__St._Vincent Tahiti Samoa Principe Seychelles.island__seychelle Singapore.island__singapore Novaya_Zemlya__Nova_Zembla Majorca Canary_Islands__Canaries Tenerife Zanzibar Admiralty_Island Santa_Catalina__Catalina_Island Hawaii_Island__Hawaii Kahoolawe_Island__Kahoolawe Kauai_Island__Kauai Lanai_Island__Lanai Maui_Island__Maui Molokai_Island__Molokai Nihau_Island__Nihau Oahu_Island__Oahu Martha's_Vineyard Nantucket Ellis_Island Long_Island Galveston_Island Krakatau__Krakatao__Krakatoa
subtype: isthmus a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
subtype: Isthmus_of_Corinth a narrow isthmus between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf; a canal crosses the isthmus so that navigation is possible between the gulfs
subtype: Isthmus_of_Kra a narrow isthmus linking the Malay Peninsula to the Asian mainland
subtype: Isthmus_of_Suez__isthmusofsuez the isthmus in northeastern Egypt that connects Africa and Asia
subtype: Isthmus_of_Tehuantepec the narrowest part of southern Mexico is an isthmus between the Bay of Campeche on the north coast and the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the south coast
subtype: Karelian_Isthmus the isthmus between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga that connects Finland and Russia
instance: Isthmus_of_Panama
subtype: landmass a large continuous extent of land
subtype: continent one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
instance: Africa Antarctica__Antarctic_continent Asia Australian_continent Eurasia Gondwanaland Laurasia North_America Pangaea__Pangea South_America
subtype: subcontinent a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent
subtype: mainland the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
subtype: neck.dry_land a narrow elongated projecting strip of land
subtype: oxbow.dry_land the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
subtype: peninsula a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
subtype: Alaska_Peninsula.peninsula__alaskapeninsula a peninsula of southwestern Alaska
subtype: Lower_Peninsula the part of northern Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron
instance: Asia_Minor__Anatolia Balkan_Peninsula__Balkans Indochina__Indochinese_peninsula Yucatan_Peninsula__Yucatan Scandinavian_Peninsula__Scandinavia Jutland__Jylland Peloponnese__Peloponnesus__Peloponnesian_Peninsula Italian_Peninsula Nova_Scotia.peninsula__novascotia Arabian_Peninsula__Arabia Sinai_Peninsula__Sinai Korea__Korean_Peninsula__Choson Malay_Peninsula Iberian_Peninsula__Iberia Qatar_Peninsula__Qatar__Katar__Katar_Peninsula Somali_peninsula__Horn_of_Africa Kola_Peninsula Crimea Kamchatka_Peninsula Taimyr_Peninsula__Taymyr_Peninsula Alaska_Peninsula Seward_Peninsula Cape_Ann Cape_Cod Labrador-Ungava_peninsula Lower_California__Baja_California Upper_Peninsula
subtype: plain__champaign extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
subtype: flat a level tract of land
subtype: salt_flat__salt_plain a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water
subtype: llano an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America)
subtype: moor__moorland open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
subtype: snowfield a permanent wide expanse of snow
subtype: steppe extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)
subtype: tundra a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line
instance: Olympia
subtype: slash.dry_land an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
subtype: wonderland.dry_land a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder
subtype: Mediterranean_region
subtype: North_Africa
subtype: Chateau_Margaux
instance: Old_World Far_East European_mainland__Continent
subtype: whereabouts__whereabout the general location where something is; "I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime"
subtype: sodom any location known for vice and corruption
subtype: mountain_pass__pass__notch the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow"
subtype: col__gap a pass between mountain peaks
subtype: water_gap a pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows
subtype: wind_gap a pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it
subtype: defile__gorge a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
subtype: Khyber_Pass a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India
subtype: saddleback__saddle a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
instance: Cumberland_Gap
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