geographic region
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| Noun | 1. |  geographic region - a demarcated area of the Earth territory, soil - the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil" dependency, colony - a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country semidesert - a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions narco-state - an area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent; "this Mexican town has become a narco-state that ships 100 pounds of cocaine to the United States every day" 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" catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed, basin - the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin" geographical zone, zone - any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude environs, surround, surroundings, environment - the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" dust bowl - a region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s hemisphere - half of the terrestrial globe hot spot, hotspot - a place of political unrest and potential violence; "the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots" panhandle - a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area; "Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia" region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" rural area, country - an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country" sphere of influence, sphere - the geographical area in which one nation is very influential field - a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa" settlement - an area where a group of families live together populated area, urban area - a geographical area constituting a city or town wild, wilderness - a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers" killing field - (usually plural) an area where many people have died (usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbance) northern Europe - the northernmost countries of Europe French region - a geographical subdivision of France Baltic Republic, Baltic State - European countries bordering the Baltic Sea Colony - one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States Dar al-Islam, House of Islam - areas where Muslims are in the majority Dar al-harb, House of War - areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted |
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