geographic region

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geographic region - a demarcated area of the Earth geographic area, geographical area, geographical regionterritory, 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 countrysemidesert - a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regionsnarco-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"purlieu, environs - an outer adjacent area of any placegeographical zone, zone - any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitudeenvirons, 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 1930shemisphere - half of the terrestrial globehot 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 influentialfield - 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 togetherparcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of landpopulated area, urban area - a geographical area constituting a city or townwild, 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 EuropeFrench region - a geographical subdivision of FranceBaltic Republic, Baltic State - European countries bordering the Baltic SeaColony - one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United StatesDar al-Islam, House of Islam - areas where Muslims are in the majorityDar al-harb, House of War - areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted