#region a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
supertype: location component_part (pm)
instance: Old_World Far_East European_mainland
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
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