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territory

n. an area of knowledge or interest; "his questions covered a lot of territory"

territory, soil

n. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

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quarter

n. a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"

borough

n. one of the administrative divisions of a large city

precinct

n. a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

ward

n. a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections

city

n. an incorporated administrative district established by state charter; "the city raised the tax rate"

kingdom

n. a country with a king as head of state

dependency

n. dependent state, part of a nation

turf

n. range of jurisdiction or influence; "a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system"

turf

n. the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own

belt

n. an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found; "a belt of high pressure"

community

n. a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"

locus

n. the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions; "the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle"

sector

n. a portion of a military position

constituency

n. the body of voters who elect a representative for their area

county

n. (United States) the largest administrative district within a state; "the county plans to build a new road"

proximity

n. the region close around a person or thing

environs, purlieu

n. an outer adjacent area of any place

section

n. 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"

empire, imperium

n. the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised

kingdom, land, realm

n. a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"

principality, princedom

n. territory ruled by a prince

terrain

n. a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; "they decided to attack across the rocky terrain"

tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel

n. an extended area of land

quadrant

n. any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes

quadrant, quarter-circle

n. a quarter of the circumference of a circle

zone

n. an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic

land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma

n. 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"

zone, zona

n. (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure

habitat, home ground

n. the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

neighborhood

n. an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community); "an ethnic neighborhood"

zone

n. a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features

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