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territory

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

district, populated area

n. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

mandate, colony, province, dominion, territorial dominion

n. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

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. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city"

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 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"

venue, locale, locus

n. the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

sector

n. a portion of a military position

constituency

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

county

n. 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

environment, environs, surroundings, surround

n. the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

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

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

field, area, arena, sphere, orbit, domain, realm

n. a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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"

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

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

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

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, geographical zone

n. any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude

habitat

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, neighbourhood, vicinity, locality

n. 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"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"

zone

n. a circumscribed geographical region characterized by some distinctive features

land

n. the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"

charge

n. financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate"

trust

n. something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary); "he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father"

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