noun.location

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(noun.location)

{ [ here, there,! ] noun.Tops:location,@ (the present location; this place; "where do we go from here?") }
{ [ there, here,! ] noun.Tops:location,@ (a location other than here; that place; "you can take it from there") }
{ somewhere, noun.Tops:location,@ (an indefinite or unknown location; "they moved to somewhere in Spain") }
{ bilocation, noun.Tops:location,@ (the ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations) }
{ seat2, noun.Tops:location,@ (the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based; "the brain is said to be the seat of reason") }
{ home2, noun.Tops:location,@ (the country or state or city where you live; "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey") }
{ base1, home5, noun.Tops:location,@ (the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end) }
{ aclinic_line, magnetic_equator, line,@ (an imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip) }
{ agonic_line, line,@ (an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is zero) }
{ isogonic_line, isogonal_line, isogone, line,@ (an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is the same) }
{ [ address, verb.communication:address3,+ ] geographic_point,@ (the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with) }
{ mailing_address, address,@ (the address where a person or organization can be communicated with) }
{ box_number1, mailing_address,@ (a mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent) }
{ post-office_box_number, PO_box_number, PO_Box_No, box_number, mailing_address,@ (the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected) }
{ street_address, address,@ (the address where a person or organization can be found) }
{ administrative_district, administrative_division, territorial_division, district,@ (a district defined for administrative purposes) }
{ aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry, habitation,@ (any habitation at a high altitude) }
{ agora, noun.artifact:marketplace,@ (the marketplace in ancient Greece) }
{ air_lane, flight_path, airway, skyway, path,@ (a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another) }
{ traffic_pattern, approach_pattern, [ pattern, verb.stative:pattern,+ ] path,@ (the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted") }
{ [ territory1, adj.pert:territorial,+ ] soil, geographical_area,@ (the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil") }
{ [ Andalusia, adj.pert:andalusian,+ ] Andalucia, geographical_area,@i Spain,#p (a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization) }
{ [ Appalachia, adj.pert:Appalachian,+ noun.person:Appalachian,+ ] geographical_area,@i noun.object:Appalachians,#p (an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina)) }
{ flight_path1, path,@ (the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air) }
{ wing, position,@ ((in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft) }
{ approach_path, approach, glide_path, glide_slope, flight_path,@ traffic_pattern,#p (the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing) }
{ ambiance, ambience, environment,@ (the atmosphere of an environment) }
{ amusement_park, funfair, pleasure_ground, park1,@ (a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement) }
{ [ Antarctic, adj.all:polar^antarctic,+ ] Antarctic_Zone, South_Frigid_Zone, Frigid_Zone,@i (the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters) }
{ Antarctic_Circle, polar_circle,@i (a line of latitude north of the south pole) }
{ Adelie_Land, Terre_Adelie, Adelie_Coast, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Antarctica,#p (a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia; noted for its large colonies of penguins) }
{ [ apex1, adj.all:top^apical,+ antapex,! ] solar_apex, apex_of_the_sun's_way, celestial_point,@ celestial_sphere,#p (the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars) }
{ [ antapex, apex1,! ] celestial_point,@ (the point opposite in direction from the solar apex; the point the solar system is moving away from) }
{ [ apogee, adj.pert:apogean,+ perigee,!] apoapsis,@ (apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth) }
{ [ apoapsis, periapsis,! ] [ point_of_apoapsis, point_of_periapsis,! ] celestial_point,@ orbit,#p noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited) }
{ [ aphelion, perihelion,! ] apoapsis,@ (apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun) }
{ [ apojove, perijove,! ] apoapsis,@ (apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter) }
{ [ aposelene, periselene,! ] [ apolune, perilune,! ] apoapsis,@ (apoapsis in orbit around the moon) }
{ apron, site,@ fairway,#p noun.act:golf,;c ((golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green) }
{ [ Arctic, adj.all:polar^arctic,+ ] Arctic_Zone, North_Frigid_Zone, Frigid_Zone,@i (the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole) }
{ polar_circle, line_of_latitude,@ (a line of latitude at the north or south poles) }
{ Arctic_Circle, polar_circle,@i (a line of latitude near but to the south of the north pole; it marks the northernmost point at which the sun is visible on the northern winter solstice and the southernmost point at which the midnight sun can be seen on the northern summer solstice) }
{ arena, area1,@ (the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand) }
{ [ area1, adj.pert:areal,+ ] country2, region1,@ (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") }
{ high_country, area1,@ (an area lying above the piedmont but below the timberline) }
{ [ ascending_node, descending_node,! ] node,@ (the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north) }
{ node, celestial_point,@ noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane) }
{ [ node1, antinode,! ] point,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c ((physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system) }
{ [ antinode, node1,! ] point,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c ((physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system) }
{ asteroid_belt, belt,@ interplanetary_space,#p (the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found) }
{ [ atmosphere, adj.pert:atmospheric,+ adj.pert:atmospherical,+ ] air1, region,@ noun.object:Earth,#p (the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air") }
{ bed_ground, bed-ground, bedground, area1,@ (an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night) }
{ biosphere, region,@ noun.object:planet,#p (the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist) }
{ back_of_beyond, depths,@ (a very remote and inaccessible place; "you'd have to go to the back of beyond to find one of those") }
{ [ colony1, adj.pert:colonial,+ noun.person:colonist,+ ] [ dependency, adj.all:subordinate2^dependent,+ ] geographical_area,@ (a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country) }
{ Crown_Colony, colony1,@ (a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor) }
{ depths, region,@ noun.communication:plural,;u ((plural) the deepest and most remote part; "from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space") }
{ outer_space, space1, noun.Tops:space,@ noun.Tops:location,@ aerospace,#p (any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth") }
{ interplanetary_space, region,@ outer_space,#p (the part of outer space within the solar system) }
{ interstellar_space, region,@ outer_space,#p (the space between stars) }
{ frontier1, boundary,@ (an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary) }
{ heliopause, boundary,@ (the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet) }
{ heliosphere, region,@ noun.object:Milky_Way,#p (the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system) }
{ holding_pattern, flight_path,@ (the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land) }
{ intergalactic_space, region,@ outer_space,#p (the space between galaxies; "the Milky Way travels through intergalactic space") }
{ deep_space, region,@ outer_space,#p (any region in space outside the solar system) }
{ aerospace, region,@ noun.Tops:space,#p (the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole) }
{ airspace, atmosphere,@ (the atmosphere above a nation that is deemed to be under its jurisdiction; "the plane was refused permission to enter Chinese airspace") }
{ backwater, region1,@ (a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; "the country is an economic backwater") }
{ backwoods, back_country, boondocks, hinterland, country1,@ (a remote and undeveloped area) }
{ Bad_Lands, Badlands, noun.object:badlands,@i geographical_area,@i South_Dakota,#p Nebraska,#p (an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska) }
{ banana_republic, country,@ (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)) }
{ Barbary, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries) }
{ Barbary_Coast, noun.object:coast,@i Barbary,#p (the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates) }
{ Barbary_Coast1, city_district,@ (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!") }
{ Bithynia, geographical_area,@i Asia_Minor,#p (an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC) }
{ [ Nicaea, adj.pert:nicaean,+ ] city,@i Bithynia,#p (an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325) }
{ Nubia, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser) }
{ [ barren, adj.all:inhospitable^barren,+ ] [ waste, adj.all:inhospitable^waste,+ ] wasteland, wilderness,@ (an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert") }
{ heath, heathland, barren,@ noun.location:Britain,;r (a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation) }
{ bush, wilderness,@ (a large wilderness area) }
{ [ outback, adj.all:inaccessible^outback,+ ] bush,@ Australian_Desert,#p (the bush country of the interior of Australia) }
{ Never-Never, outback,@i Australian_Desert,#p (the remote outback of Australia; unpopulated desert country) }
{ frontier, wilderness,@ (a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day") }
{ desert, tract,@ noun.group:biome,@ (arid land with little or no vegetation) }
{ semidesert, geographical_area,@ (a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions) }
{ oasis, tract,@ desert,#p (a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)) }
{ battlefield, battleground, field_of_battle, field_of_honor1, field4, tract,@ (a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields") }
{ Armageddon, battlefield,@i noun.communication:New_Testament,;c ((New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world) }
{ Camlan, battlefield,@i noun.communication:Arthurian_legend,;c ((Arthurian legend) the battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded) }
{ minefield, tract,@ noun.group:military,;c (a region in which explosives mines have been placed) }
{ beat, round, path,@ (a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name") }
{ beginning, [ origin, verb.stative:originate2,+ ] [ root, verb.stative:root,+ ] [ rootage, verb.stative:root,+ ] source, point,@ (the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root") }
{ [ derivation, verb.stative:derive,+ verb.change:derive1,+ verb.change:derive,+ ] source,@ (the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation") }
{ spring, source,@ (a point at which water issues forth) }
{ fountainhead, headspring, head1, source,@ (the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream") }
{ headwater, source,@ (the source of a river; "the headwaters of the Nile") }
{ wellhead, wellspring, source,@ (the source of water for a well) }
{ jumping-off_place, point_of_departure, beginning,@ (a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched; "one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"; "my point of departure was San Francisco") }
{ jungle, noun.Tops:location,@ (a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival) }
{ concrete_jungle, jungle,@ city,#p (an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant) }
{ [ zone1, adj.pert:zonary,+ verb.change:zone,+ ] region,@ (an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic) }
{ belt, region,@ (an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found; "a belt of high pressure") }
{ Bible_Belt, belt,@i (southern and midwestern United States where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant) }
{ fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother_country, country_of_origin, native_land, country,@ (the country where you were born) }
{ birthplace, place_of_birth, topographic_point,@ (the place where someone was born) }
{ birthplace1, cradle, place_of_origin, provenance, provenience, beginning,@ (where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization") }
{ side, [ face, adj.pert:facial1,+ verb.perception:face4,+ ] surface,@ (a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf"; "they travelled across the face of the continent") }
{ beam-ends, side,@ noun.act:navigation1,;c ((nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel; "on her beam-ends" means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical) }
{ [ bottom, verb.possession:bottom,+ verb.contact:bottom,+ ] underside, undersurface, side,@ (the lower side of anything) }
{ underbelly, underside,@ (lower side; "the underbellies of clouds") }
{ [ foot, head,! ] bottom1,@ (the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain") }
{ [ base, adj.all:basal2,+ adj.pert:basilary,+ ] bottom1,@ noun.cognition:anatomy,;c ((anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull") }
{ [ bottom1, verb.possession:bottom,+ verb.contact:bottom,+ ] part,@ (the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill") }
{ rock_bottom, bottom1,@ (the absolute bottom) }
{ [ boundary, verb.stative:bound,+ ] [ bound, verb.stative:bound,+ verb.change:bound,+ ] bounds, extremity,@ (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something) }
{ boundary_line, [ border, verb.stative:border,+ verb.contact:border1,+ verb.contact:border,+ ] borderline, [ delimitation, verb.cognition:delimitate,+ verb.cognition:delimit,+ ] mete, boundary,@ (a line that indicates a boundary) }
{ bourn, bourne, boundary,@ (an archaic term for a boundary) }
{ borderland, border_district, [ march, verb.contact:march,+ ] marchland, district,@ (district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area; "the Welsh marches between England and Wales") }
{ narco-state, geographical_area,@ (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") }
{ [ place4, verb.possession:place,+ ] property, geographical_area,@ (any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House") }
{ center2, [ centre3, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] place4,@ (a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers") }
{ colony2, place4,@ (a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated; "a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony") }
{ nerve_center, [ nerve_centre, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] center2,@ (a center that provides information and control; "the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam") }
{ [ circumference, adj.all:peripheral^circumferential,+ adj.all:close1^circumferent,+ ] circuit1, boundary_line,@ (the boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe") }
{ fence_line, boundary_line,@ (a boundary line created by a fence) }
{ Green_Line, boundary_line,@i (the border marking the boundaries of the land that Israel won in its 1948 war of independence) }
{ Line_of_Control, boundary_line,@i Kashmir,#p (a 450-mile line that is supposed to indicate the boundary between the part of Kashmir controlled by India and the part controlled by Pakistan) }
{ property_line, boundary_line,@ (the boundary line between two pieces of property) }
{ state_line, state_boundary, boundary_line,@ (the boundary between two states) }
{ Mason-Dixon_line, Mason_and_Dixon_line, Mason_and_Dixon's_line, state_line,@i (the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the American Civil War) }
{ district_line, boundary,@ (the boundary between two districts) }
{ county_line, boundary,@ (the boundary between two counties) }
{ city_line, boundary,@ (the boundary of a city) }
{ balk, baulk, noun.attribute:area,@ noun.artifact:billiard_table,#p (the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk") }
{ balkline, baulk-line, string_line, line1,@ (line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game) }
{ bomb_site, site,@ (an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs; "they opened a parking lot on the bomb site") }
{ bowels, center,@ (the center of the Earth) }
{ bowling_green, playing_field,@ (a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls) }
{ pitch3, soccer_field, playing_field,@ (a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer)}
{ breadbasket, region1,@ (a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain) }
{ breeding_ground, tract,@ (a place where animals breed) }
{ bridgehead1, post,@ (a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy) }
{ brink, edge,@ (the edge of a steep place) }
{ broadcast_area, area1,@ (the area over which a radio or tv transmission can be received) }
{ buffer_state, buffer_country, country,@ (a small neutral state between two rival powers) }
{ bull's_eye, bull, center,@ noun.communication:target,#p (the center of a target) }
{ bus_route, path,@ (the route regularly followed by a passenger bus) }
{ bus_stop, stop,@ bus_route,#p (a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers) }
{ checkpoint, stop,@ (a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance) }
{ cabstand, taxistand, taxi_rank, stand,@ (a place where taxis park while awaiting customers; "in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank'") }
{ campsite, campground, camping_site, camping_ground, [ bivouac, verb.stative:bivouac,+ ] encampment, camping_area, site,@ (a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent) }
{ campus, field,@ (a field on which the buildings of a university are situated) }
{ capital, seat,@ (a seat of government) }
{ capital1, center2,@ (a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product; "the crime capital of Italy"; "the drug capital of Columbia") }
{ river_basin, basin, watershed1, drainage_basin1, catchment_area, catchment_basin, drainage_area, geographical_area,@ (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") }
{ detention_basin, river_basin,@ (a storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream) }
{ retention_basin, river_basin,@ (a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream) }
{ [ Caucasia, adj.pert:caucasian,+ ] [ Caucasus, adj.pert:caucasic,+ ] geographical_area,@i (a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource) }
{ Transcaucasia, geographical_area,@i Caucasia,#p (a geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and to the north of Turkey that comprises Georgia and Armenia and Azerbaijan) }
{ celestial_equator, equinoctial_circle, equinoctial_line, [ equinoctial, adj.pert:equinoctial1,+ ] great_circle,@ (the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles) }
{ celestial_point, point,@ celestial_sphere,#p (a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere)) }
{ equinoctial_point, equinox, celestial_point,@ noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic) }
{ vernal_equinox, equinoctial_point,@ noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces) }
{ autumnal_equinox, equinoctial_point,@ noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Virgo) }
{ celestial_sphere, sphere1, [ empyrean, adj.pert:empyreal,+ ] [ firmament, adj.pert:firmamental,+ ] heavens, vault_of_heaven, welkin, surface,@ (the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected) }
{ cemetery, graveyard, burial_site, burial_ground, burying_ground, memorial_park, necropolis, site,@ (a tract of land used for burials) }
{ [ center, adj.all:central1^center,+ adj.all:central1,+ adj.all:central1^centric,+ adj.all:central1^centrical,+ verb.motion:center,+ ] [ centre, verb.motion:centre,+ noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] midpoint, point,@ (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure) }
{ center_of_buoyancy, [ centre_of_buoyancy, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] center_of_immersion, [ centre_of_immersion, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] center_of_mass,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c ((physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object) }
{ center_of_gravity, [ centre_of_gravity, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] center,@ (the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass) }
{ center_of_flotation, [ centre_of_flotation, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] center_of_gravity,@ (the center of gravity of a floating object) }
{ center_of_mass, [ centre_of_mass, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r] center,@ (point representing the mean position of the matter in a body) }
{ barycenter, center_of_mass,@ noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve) }
{ [ centroid, adj.pert:centroidal,+ ] center_of_mass,@ (the center of mass of an object of uniform density) }
{ trichion, crinion, point,@ noun.body:forehead,#p (point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead) }
{ [ center1, adj.all:central1,+ adj.all:central1^centric,+ adj.all:central1^centrical,+ ] [ centre1, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] [ middle, verb.contact:middle,+ ] heart, eye, area1,@ (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") }
{ center_stage, [ centre_stage, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] center1,@ (the central area on a theater stage) }
{ city_center, [ city_centre, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] central_city, center1,@ city,#p (the central part of a city) }
{ [ core, verb.contact:core,+ ] center,@ (the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core") }
{ navel, navel_point, center,@ (the center point or middle of something; "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe") }
{ storm_center, [ storm_centre, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] center1,@ noun.phenomenon:storm,#p (the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm) }
{ [ city, verb.change:citify,+ ] [ metropolis, adj.pert:metropolitan,+ ] urban_center, municipality,@ (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city") }
{ megalopolis, urban_area,@ (a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns)) }
{ city_district, district,@ city1,#p (a district of a town or city) }
{ precinct, city_district,@ (a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes) }
{ police_precinct, precinct,@ (a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force) }
{ voting_precinct, election_district, precinct,@ (one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place) }
{ polling_place, polling_station, topographic_point,@ (a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election) }
{ business_district, [ downtown, adj.all:downtown,+ ] city_district,@ (the central area or commercial center of a town or city; "the heart of Birmingham's downtown") }
{ outskirts, section1,@ (outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd") }
{ environs1, purlieu, geographical_area,@ (an outer adjacent area of any place) }
{ Tin_Pan_Alley, business_district,@ (a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business) }
{ conurbation, urban_sprawl, sprawl, urban_area,@ (an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities) }
{ subtopia, urban_sprawl,@ noun.location:Britain,;r (monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings) }
{ borough1, noun.group:town,@ (an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament) }
{ burgh, borough1,@ (a borough in Scotland) }
{ pocket_borough, borough1,@ (a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family) }
{ rotten_borough, borough1,@ (an English parliamentary constituency with few electors) }
{ borough, administrative_district,@ (one of the administrative divisions of a large city) }
{ [ canton1, verb.social:canton,+ ] administrative_district,@ (a small administrative division of a country) }
{ city1, administrative_district,@ (an incorporated administrative district established by state charter; "the city raised the tax rate") }
{ city_limit, city_limits, limit,@ city1,#p town,#p (the limits of the area occupied by a city or town) }
{ [ clearing, verb.change:clear9,+ verb.change:clear1,+ ] glade, tract,@ (a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area) }
{ Coats_Land, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Antarctica,#p (a region of western Antarctica along the southeastern shore of the Weddell Sea) }
{ [ commune, verb.change:communise1,+ verb.change:communise,+ ] administrative_district,@ noun.location:Belgium,;r noun.location:France,;r noun.location:Italy,;r noun.location:Switzerland,;r (the smallest administrative district of several European countries) }
{ [ zone2, adj.pert:zonary,+ ] geographical_zone, geographical_area,@ (any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude) }
{ climatic_zone, zone2,@ (any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude) }
{ commons1, common_land, pasture,@ (a pasture subject to common use) }
{ commonwealth, state1,@ (the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)) }
{ [ confluence, adj.all:convergent^confluent,+ ] meeting, geographic_point,@ noun.object:river,;c (a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers") }
{ congressional_district, district,@ American_state,#p (a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives) }
{ financial_center, center1,@ city,#p (the part of a city where financial institutions are centered) }
{ hub, center1,@ (a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve; "the playground is the hub of parental supervision"; "the airport is the economic hub of the area") }
{ civic_center, municipal_center, down_town, hub,@ city,#p (the center of a city) }
{ inner_city, center1,@ city,#p (the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city) }
{ chokepoint, point,@ (a point of congestion or blockage; "the bridge is always a chokepoint at rush hour") }
{ Corn_Belt, belt,@i (the midwestern states in the U.S. where corn is grown; Iowa and Illinois are excellent for raising corn and corn-fed livestock) }
{ corncob, corn_cob, core,@ noun.plant:corn,#p (the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn) }
{ corner, point,@ (the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle") }
{ corner2, area1,@ (a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean") }
{ corner3, area1,@ (a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery") }
{ cornfield, corn_field, grainfield,@ (a field planted with corn) }
{ country, state, land2, administrative_district,@ (the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries") }
{ county, region,@ UK,;r ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people") }
{ county1, administrative_district,@ US,;r ((United States) the largest administrative district within a state; "the county plans to build a new road") }
{ county_palatine, administrative_district,@ (the territory of a count palatine) }
{ county_seat, county_courthouse, seat,@ county,#p (the town or city that is the seat of government for a county) }
{ county_town, shire_town, seat,@ shire,#p noun.location:Britain,;r (the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire) }
{ cow_pasture, pasture,@ (a pasture for cows) }
{ [ crest, verb.stative:crest,+ ] line,@ (the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave) }
{ timber_line, timberline, tree_line, line,@ (line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes) }
{ snow_line, line,@ (the line on a mountain above which there is perpetual snow and ice) }
{ [ crossing, verb.motion:cross3,+ ] point,@ (a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect) }
{ [ cross_section, adj.all:crosswise^cross-sectional,+ ] section,@ (a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis) }
{ [ culmination, verb.motion:culminate,+ ] celestial_point,@ noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon) }
{ profile, cross_section,@ (a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers) }
{ soil_profile, profile,@ (a vertical section of soil from the ground surface to the parent rock) }
{ [ department, adj.pert:departmental,+ ] administrative_district,@ country,#m noun.location:France,;r (the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)) }
{ [ descending_node, ascending_node,! ] node,@ (the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going south) }
{ [ development, verb.change:develop4,+ ] district,@ (a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park developments") }
{ ghetto1, city_district,@ (a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions) }
{ housing_development, development,@ residential_district,#p (a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management; "they live in the new housing development") }
{ housing_estate, development,@ residential_district,#p noun.location:Britain,;r (a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time) }
{ housing_project, public_housing, housing_development,@ (a housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families) }
{ [ dig, verb.contact:dig2,+ verb.contact:dig1,+ verb.contact:dig,+ ] [ excavation, verb.perception:excavate,+ verb.contact:excavate,+ ] archeological_site, site,@ noun.cognition:archeology,;c (the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig") }
{ abbacy, jurisdiction,@ (the jurisdiction or office of an abbot) }
{ archbishopric, jurisdiction,@ (the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop) }
{ archdeaconry, jurisdiction,@ (the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon) }
{ bailiwick, jurisdiction,@ (the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction) }
{ caliphate, jurisdiction,@ (the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph) }
{ [ archdiocese, adj.pert:archdiocesan,+ ] diocese,@ (the diocese of an archbishop) }
{ [ diocese, adj.pert:diocesan,+ ] bishopric, episcopate, jurisdiction,@ (the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop) }
{ disaster_area, area1,@ (a region whose population is affected by a general disaster) }
{ [ eparchy, adj.pert:eparchial,+ ] exarchate, diocese,@ (a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church) }
{ theater_of_war, theatre_of_war, region1,@ (the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations) }
{ field3, field_of_operations, theater, theater_of_operations, theatre, theatre_of_operations, region1,@ theater_of_war,#p noun.group:military,;c (a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years") }
{ zone_of_interior, region1,@ theater_of_war,#p (the part of the theater of war not included in the theater of operations) }
{ [ district, verb.social:district,+ ] [ territory, adj.pert:territorial,+ ] territorial_dominion, dominion, region1,@ (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes) }
{ enclave, district,@ (an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it) }
{ federal_district, administrative_district,@ (a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation) }
{ palatinate1, district,@ (a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine) }
{ residential_district, residential_area, community, district,@ (a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences) }
{ planned_community, residential_district,@ (a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents) }
{ retirement_community, retirement_complex, planned_community,@ (a planned community for residents who have retired from an active working life) }
{ uptown, residential_district,@ city1,#p (a residential part of town away from the central commercial district) }
{ red-light_district, city_district,@ (a district with many brothels) }
{ suburb, [ suburbia, adj.pert:suburban,+ ] suburban_area, residential_district,@ outskirt,#p (a residential district located on the outskirts of a city) }
{ exurbia, residential_district,@ (a residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia) }
{ addition, suburb,@ (a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area) }
{ bedroom_community, suburb,@ (a community where many commuters live) }
{ faubourg, suburb,@ New_Orleans,#p (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") }
{ stockbroker_belt, suburb,@ noun.location:Britain,;r (a wealthy residential suburb) }
{ tenement_district, residential_district,@ (a residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses) }
{ airspace1, air_space1, space,@ atmosphere,#p (the space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth) }
{ crawlspace, crawl_space, space,@ noun.artifact:building,#p (low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing) }
{ disk_space, disc_space, space,@ noun.cognition:computer_science,;c ((computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk) }
{ disk_overhead, overhead, disk_space,@ noun.cognition:computer_science,;c ((computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing) }
{ swap_space, swap_file, disk_space,@ (the disk space that is set aside for virtual memory) }
{ distance, region,@ (a distant region; "I could see it in the distance") }
{ domain, demesne, land1, region1,@ country,#p (territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land") }
{ archduchy, domain,@ (the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess) }
{ barony, domain,@ (the domain of a baron) }
{ duchy, [ dukedom, noun.person:duke1,+ noun.person:duke,+ ] domain,@ (the domain controlled by a duke or duchess) }
{ [ earldom, noun.person:earl,+ ] domain,@ (the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess) }
{ emirate, domain,@ (the domain controlled by an emir) }
{ [ empire, adj.pert:imperial,+ ] imperium, domain,@ (the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised) }
{ [ fiefdom, noun.possession:fief,+ ] domain,@ (the domain controlled by a feudal lord) }
{ grand_duchy, domain,@ (the domain controlled by a grand duke or grand duchess) }
{ viscounty, domain,@ (the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess) }
{ khanate, domain,@ (the realm of a khan) }
{ [ kingdom, noun.person:king,+ ] realm, domain,@ (the domain ruled by a king or queen) }
{ Camelot, capital,@i noun.communication:Arthurian_legend,;c ((Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there) }
{ principality, [ princedom, noun.person:prince,+ ] domain,@ (territory ruled by a prince) }
{ Kingdom_of_God, noun.cognition:spiritual_world,@ (the spiritual domain over which God is sovereign) }
{ [ sheikdom, noun.person:sheik,+ ] sheikhdom, domain,@ (the domain ruled by a sheik) }
{ suzerainty, domain,@ (the domain of a suzerain) }
{ residence, abode, address,@ (any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences") }
{ [ domicile, adj.pert:domiciliary,+ ] legal_residence, residence,@ noun.group:law,;c ((law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time; "what's his legal residence?") }
{ [ home4, adj.all:comfortable^homely,+ verb.motion:home,+ ] [ place6, verb.social:place,+ ] residence,@ (where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?") }
{ home_away_from_home, home_from_home, home4,@ (a place where you are just as comfortable and content as if you were home) }
{ business_address, address,@ (the address at which a business is located) }
{ [ dump, adj.pert:dumpy,+ verb.possession:dump,+ ] garbage_dump, trash_dump, rubbish_dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsite, site,@ (a piece of land where waste materials are dumped) }
{ dude_ranch, resort,@ (a holiday resort offering ranch activities (riding and camping)) }
{ honeymoon_resort, resort,@ (a resort that caters to newlyweds; "Niagra Falls is a well-known honeymoon resort") }
{ eitchen_midden, midden, kitchen_midden, dump,@ noun.cognition:archeology,;c ((archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement) }
{ earshot, earreach, hearing, range1,@ (the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children were told to stay within earshot") }
{ [ view, verb.perception:view2,+ ] eyeshot, range1,@ (the range of the eye; "they were soon out of view") }
{ north, noun.Tops:location,@ (a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city) }
{ northeast1, noun.Tops:location,@ (a location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city) }
{ east2, noun.Tops:location,@ (a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city) }
{ southeast1, noun.Tops:location,@ (a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city) }
{ south2, noun.Tops:location,@ (a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city) }
{ southwest1, noun.Tops:location,@ (a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city) }
{ west2, noun.Tops:location,@ (a location in the western part of a country, region, or city) }
{ northwest1, noun.Tops:location,@ (a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city) }
{ [ Earth, adj.all:earthly,+ ] [ earth1, adj.all:earthly,+ ] noun.Tops:location,@ (the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell); "it was hell on earth") }
{ eastern_hemisphere, orient1, hemisphere,@ (the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia) }
{ Old_World, region1,@i eastern_hemisphere,#p (the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas) }
{ East, Orient, noun.group:Asia,@i (the countries of Asia) }
{ Far_East, region1,@i East,#p (a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia)) }
{ northland, region1,@ (any region lying in or toward the north) }
{ southland, region1,@ (any region lying in or toward the south) }
{ East1, eastern_United_States, geographical_area,@i United_States,#p (the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River) }
{ Southeast, southeastern_United_States, geographical_area,@i East1,#p (the southeastern region of the United States) }
{ Southwest, southwestern_United_States, geographical_area,@i West1,#p (the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado) }
{ Northeast, northeastern_United_States, geographical_area,@i East1,#p (the northeastern region of the United States) }
{ Northwest, northwestern_United_States, geographical_area,@i West1,#p (the northwestern region of the United States) }
{ Midwest, middle_west, midwestern_United_States, geographical_area,@i United_States,#p (the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)) }
{ Pacific_Northwest, geographical_area,@i United_States,#p Washington,#p Oregon,#p British_Columbia,#p (a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia) }
{ Rustbelt, urban_area,@i New_England,#p Midwest,#p (urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by concentrations of declining industries (steel or textiles)) }
{ ecliptic, great_circle,@ (the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator; "all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic") }
{ Eden, [ paradise1, adj.all:heavenly^paradisiacal,+ adj.all:heavenly^paradisal,+ ] nirvana, heaven1, promised_land1, Shangri-la, region,@ (any place of complete bliss and delight and peace) }
{ [ edge, verb.possession:edge,+ ] [ border1, verb.stative:border,+ verb.contact:border1,+ verb.contact:border,+ ] boundary,@ (the boundary of a surface) }
{ [ end1, verb.stative:end,+ ] boundary,@ (a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town") }
{ [ end, verb.stative:end,+ ] terminal, extremity,@ (either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix") }
{ end_point, endpoint, termination, [ terminus, verb.stative:terminate,+ ] end,@ (a place where something ends or is complete) }
{ [ end2, verb.stative:end,+ ] surface,@ (the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'") }
{ end3, topographic_point,@ (one of two places from which people are communicating to each other; "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends wrote at the same time") }
{ Enderby_Land, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Antarctica,#p (a region of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Wilkes Land; claimed by Australia) }
{ environment, environs, [ surroundings, verb.contact:surround,+ ] [ surround, verb.competition:surround1,+ verb.contact:surround,+ ] geographical_area,@ (the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround") }
{ Finger_Lakes, geographical_area,@i (a geographical area in central New York State that is named for a series of narrow glacial lakes that lie parallel in a north-south direction) }
{ finish, [ destination, verb.communication:destine,+ ] goal, end,@ (the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view") }
{ medium1, environment,@ (the surrounding environment; "fish require an aqueous medium") }
{ setting, scene1, environment,@ (the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story") }
{ scenario, setting,@ (a setting for a work of art or literature; "the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror") }

{ element, environment,@ (the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes") }
{ [ equator, adj.all:equatorial,+ ] great_circle,@ (an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles; "the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres") }
{ [ extremity, adj.all:distant1^extreme,+ ] region,@ (the outermost or farthest region or point) }
{ extreme_point, extreme, extremum, extremity,@ (the point located farthest from the middle of something) }
{ fairway, site,@ noun.artifact:golf_course,#p (the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short) }
{ farmland, farming_area, country1,@ (a rural area where farming is practiced) }
{ fault_line, line,@ noun.object:fault,#p noun.cognition:geology,;c ((geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface) }
{ field1, region1,@ (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") }
{ field, tract,@ (a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat") }
{ field_of_fire, tract,@ (the area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover effectively with gun fire from a given position) }
{ grounds, tract,@ (a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)) }
{ bent, grassland,@ (an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges) }
{ hayfield, meadow, grassland,@ (a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay) }
{ playing_field, athletic_field, playing_area, [ field2, verb.competition:field1,+ verb.competition:field,+ ] tract,@ noun.artifact:stadium,#p (a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field") }
{ medical_center, center1,@ city,#p (the part of a city where medical facilities are centered) }
{ midfield, center1,@ playing_field,#p noun.act:football,;c noun.act:lacrosse,;c ((sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)) }
{ finishing_line, finish_line, line1,@ finish,@ (a line indicating the location of the finish of a race) }
{ firebreak, fireguard, field,@ (a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire) }
{ firing_line, line2,@ (the line from which soldiers deliver fire) }
{ flea_market, noun.artifact:open-air_market,@ (an open-air street market for inexpensive or secondhand articles) }
{ Fleet_Street, noun.artifact:street,@i London,#p (a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated) }
{ flies, space,@ noun.communication:theater,;c ((theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)) }
{ [ focus, adj.pert:focal,+ ] point,@ (a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section) }
{ forefront, [ head2, verb.stative:head,+ verb.motion:head1,+ verb.stative:head1,+ verb.motion:head,+ verb.motion:head2,+ ] front,@ (the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column") }
{ foul_line, line1,@ noun.artifact:ball_field,#p (lines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball field) }
{ foul_line1, line1,@ noun.artifact:bowling_alley,#p (a line across a bowling alley that a bowler must not cross) }
{ foul_line2, line1,@ key,#p (a line from which basketball players take penalty shots) }
{ baseline, line1,@ (the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases) }
{ Frigid_Zone, polar_zone, polar_region, climatic_zone,@ (the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate) }
{ [ front, adj.all:anterior^frontal1,+ verb.competition:front,+ verb.stative:front,+ rear,! ] front_end, forepart, side,@ (the side that is forward or prominent) }
{ battlefront, [ front1, adj.all:front^frontal,+ ] front_line, line2,@ battlefield,#p (the line along which opposing armies face each other) }
{ garbage_heap, junk_heap, rubbish_heap, scrapheap, trash_heap, junk_pile, trash_pile, refuse_heap, dump,@ (an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter) }
{ toxic_waste_dump, toxic_waste_site, toxic_dumpsite, dump,@ (a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally)) }
{ gathering_place, haunt,@ (a favorite haunt where people gather) }
{ geographical_area, geographic_area, geographical_region, geographic_region, region1,@ (a demarcated area of the Earth) }
{ epicenter, [ epicentre, noun.location:Canada,;r noun.location:Britain,;r ] geographic_point,@ (the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake) }
{ dust_bowl, geographical_area,@ noun.object:Great_Plains,#p (a region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s) }
{ biogeographical_region, region1,@ (an area of the Earth determined by distribution of flora and fauna) }
{ [ benthos, adj.pert:benthonic,+ adj.pert:benthal,+ ] benthic_division, benthonic_zone, biogeographical_region,@ (a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones) }
{ geographic_point, geographical_point, point,@ (a point on the surface of the Earth) }
{ [ ghetto, verb.change:ghettoize,+ ] quarter,@ (formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto") }
{ goal_line, line1,@ (a line marking each end of the playing field or pitch; where the goals stand) }
{ goldfield, district,@ (a district where gold is mined) }
{ grainfield, grain_field, field,@ (a field where grain is grown) }
{ great_circle, line,@ (a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center) }
{ green, putting_green, putting_surface, site,@ noun.artifact:golf_course,#p (an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker") }
{ greenbelt, greenway, belt,@ (a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city) }
{ ground, military_position,@ (a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle); "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to regain the lost ground") }
{ ground_zero1, point,@ (the point of detonation (or above or below) of a nuclear weapon) }
{ ground_zero2, site,@i noun.location:New_York1,#p (the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed) }
{ habitat, home_ground, environment,@ (the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds") }
{ habitation, habitat,@ (the native habitat or home of an animal or plant) }
{ half-mast, half-staff, position,@ (a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress) }
{ Harley_Street, noun.artifact:street,@i London,#p (a street in central London where the consulting rooms of many physicians and surgeons are located) }
{ [ hatchery, verb.body:hatch1,+ ] place4,@ (a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs); "the park authorities operated a trout hatchery") }
{ [ haunt, verb.motion:haunt2,+ ] [ hangout, verb.social:hang_out,+ ] resort1, [ repair, verb.motion:repair,+ ] stamping_ground, area1,@ (a frequently visited place) }
{ hearth, fireside, area1,@ (an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire") }
{ heartland, region1,@ (the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture) }
{ hunting_ground, area1,@ (an area in which game is hunted) }
{ D-layer, D_region, region,@i ionosphere,#p (the lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves) }
{ Appleton_layer, F_layer, F_region, region,@i ionosphere,#p (the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission) }
{ Heaviside_layer, Kennelly-Heaviside_layer, E_layer, E_region, region,@i ionosphere,#p (a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length) }
{ hell1, hell_on_earth, hellhole, snake_pit, the_pits, [ inferno, adj.pert:infernal,+ ] region,@ (any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits") }
{ [ hemisphere, adj.pert:hemispherical,+ ] geographical_area,@ noun.object:Earth,#p (half of the terrestrial globe) }
{ hemline, line,@ noun.artifact:dress,#p noun.artifact:skirt,#p noun.artifact:coat,#p (the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat) }
{ heronry, rookery,@ (a breeding ground for herons; a heron rookery) }
{ hipline, line,@ noun.artifact:garment,#p (the line formed by the lower edge of hip-length garment) }
{ hipline1, line,@ (the line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part) }
{ drop, hiding_place,@ noun.artifact:drug,;c (a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)) }
{ dead_drop, drop,@ (a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information; "a dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time") }
{ [ hideout, verb.perception:hide_out,+ ] hideaway, den1, hiding_place,@ (a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws) }
{ lurking_place, hiding_place,@ (a place suitable for lurking) }
{ hiding_place, topographic_point,@ (a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself)) }
{ [ high, adj.all:high1,+ ] heights, topographic_point,@ (a high place; "they stood on high and observed the countryside"; "he doesn't like heights") }
{ hilltop, brow, peak,@ (the peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills") }
{ hole-in-the-wall, topographic_point,@ (a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place; "his office was a hole-in-the-wall") }
{ holy_place, sanctum1, holy, topographic_point,@ (a sacred place of pilgrimage) }
{ home3, beginning,@ (place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball") }
{ point_source, beginning,@ (a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted) }
{ trail_head, trailhead, beginning,@ (the beginning of a trail) }
{ home_range, home_territory, range2,@ (the area in which an animal normally ranges) }
{ horizon, apparent_horizon, visible_horizon, sensible_horizon, skyline, line,@ noun.attribute:perspective,#p (the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet) }
{ horizon2, celestial_horizon, great_circle,@ (the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth) }
{ horse_latitude, line_of_latitude,@ (either of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south; characterized by calms and light-baffling winds) }
{ hot_spot, hotspot, point,@ (a point of relatively intense heat or radiation) }
{ hot_spot1, hotspot1, trouble_spot, flashpoint, geographical_area,@ (a place of political unrest and potential violence; "the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots") }
{ hour_angle, noun.attribute:distance,@ (the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body) }
{ hour_circle, great_circle,@ (a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles) }
{ see, seat,@ diocese,#p (the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located) }
{ junkyard, yard,@ (a field where junk is collected and stored for resale) }
{ justiciary, jurisdiction,@ (the jurisdiction of a justiciar) }
{ reservation, reserve, administrative_district,@ (a district that is reserved for particular purpose) }
{ Indian_reservation, reservation,@ (a reservation set aside for the use of Indians) }
{ [ preserve, verb.stative:preserve1,+ ] reservation,@ (a reservation where animals are protected) }
{ shooting_preserve, preserve,@ (a preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain months of the year) }
{ school_district, administrative_district,@ (a district whose public schools are administered together) }
{ shire, administrative_district,@ noun.location:Britain,;r (a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county) }
{ industrial_park, tract,@ (a tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factories) }
{ [ inside, outside,!] interior, surface,@ (the inner or enclosed surface of something) }
{ [ inside1, outside1,!] [ interior1, verb.cognition:interiorize,+ ] region,@ (the region that is inside of something) }
{ belly, inside,@ (the hollow inside of something; "in the belly of the ship") }
{ midland, inside1,@ country,#p (the interior part of a country) }
{ midst, thick, inside1,@ (the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd") }
{ penetralium, inside1,@ (the innermost parts) }
{ ionosphere, region,@ atmosphere,#p (the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons) }
{ [ irredenta, noun.person:irridentist,+ noun.person:irredentist,+ ] irridenta, region1,@ (a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another) }
{ isobar, isogram,@ noun.artifact:weather_map,#p noun.cognition:meteorology,;c ((meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time) }
{ isochrone, isogram,@ (an isogram connecting points at which something occurs or arrives at the same time) }
{ isoclinic_line, isoclinal, isogram,@ (an isogram connecting points of equal magnetic inclination) }
{ isogram, isopleth, isarithm, line,@ (a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable) }
{ isohel, isogram,@ (an isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine) }
{ [ isotherm, adj.all:equal^isothermal,+ ] isogram,@ noun.artifact:weather_map,#p noun.cognition:meteorology,;c ((meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time) }
{ [ jurisdiction, adj.all:territorial^jurisdictional,+ ] district,@ (in law; the territory within which power can be exercised) }
{ turf1, jurisdiction,@ noun.communication:colloquialism,;u (range of jurisdiction or influence; "a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system") }
{ key, paint, space,@ noun.artifact:basketball_court,#p noun.act:basketball,;c ((basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint") }
{ kingdom1, country,@ (a country with a king as head of state) }
{ lair, den, habitation,@ (the habitation of wild animals) }
{ launching_site, site,@ (a place for launching pads) }
{ lawn, field,@ (a field of cultivated and mowed grass) }
{ [ layer, verb.contact:layer,+ ] region,@ (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another) }
{ lead, position,@ noun.act:baseball,;c ((baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first") }
{ lee, lee_side, [leeward, windward,!] side,@ (the side of something that is sheltered from the wind) }
{ limb, edge,@ noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet) }
{ limit, [ demarcation, verb.cognition:demarcate1,+ verb.cognition:demarcate,+ ] demarcation_line, boundary,@ (the boundary of a specific area) }
{ upper_limit, limit,@ (the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something) }
{ lower_limit, limit,@ (the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something) }
{ limit2, extremity,@ (as far as something can go) }
{ [ line, adj.all:linear1^lineal,+ ] noun.Tops:location,@ (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent) }
{ line1, noun.communication:mark3,@ (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area) }
{ line2, military_position,@ noun.group:military,;c (a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line") }
{ flight_line, line,@ noun.artifact:airfield,#p (place where airplanes are parked and the maintenance hangars (but not the runways or taxiways)) }
{ line_of_battle, line2,@ noun.group:military,;c (a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack) }
{ salient, noun.shape:projection,@ line_of_battle,#p noun.group:military,;c ((military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy) }
{ battle_line, line2,@ noun.group:military,;c (the line along which warring troops meet) }
{ line_of_flight, path,@ (the path along which a freely moving object travels through the air) }
{ line_of_march, path,@ (the route along which a column advances) }
{ line_of_sight, line_of_vision, line,@ (an imaginary straight line along which an observer looks) }
{ [ latitude, adj.pert:latitudinal,+ ] noun.shape:angular_distance,@ (the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself) }
{ [ latitude1, adj.pert:latitudinal,+ ] line_of_latitude, parallel_of_latitude, parallel, line,@ (an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator) }
{ lunar_latitude, line,@ (an imaginary line around the moon parallel to its equator) }
{ littoral, litoral, littoral_zone, sands, noun.object:seashore,@ (the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean) }
{ loading_zone, loading_area, stop,@ (a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded) }
{ load_line, Plimsoll_line, Plimsoll_mark, Plimsoll, waterline,@ (waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded) }
{ Lombard_Street, noun.artifact:street,@i London,#p (a street in central London containing many of the major London banks) }
{ [ longitude, adj.pert:longitudinal,+ ] noun.shape:angular_distance,@ (the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich) }
{ Whitehall, noun.artifact:street,@i London,#p (a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices) }
{ Trafalgar_Square, public_square,@i London,#p (a square in central London where there is a memorial to Admiral Nelson) }
{ [ lookout, verb.perception:look_out,+ ] observation_post, station,@ (an elevated post affording a wide view) }
{ Maghreb, Mahgrib, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia) }
{ magnetic_pole, geographic_point,@ (either of two points where the lines of force of the Earth's magnetic field are vertical) }
{ mandate, mandatory, district,@ (a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves) }
{ market_cross, monument,@ (a cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conducted) }
{ [ maximum, minimum,! ] limit2,@ (the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right) }
{ grassland, tract,@ noun.group:biome,@ (land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life) }
{ mecca1, topographic_point,@ (a place that attracts many visitors; "New York is a mecca for young artists") }
{ melting_pot, environment,@ (an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated) }
{ [ meridian, adj.pert:meridional,+ ] line_of_longitude, great_circle,@ (an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude") }
{ observer's_meridian, meridian,@ (a meridian that passes through the observer's zenith) }
{ prime_meridian, meridian,@ (meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England)) }
{ Greenwich_Meridian, prime_meridian,@i (the meridian passing through Greenwich; was internationally adopted as the earth's zero of longitude in 1884) }
{ magnetic_meridian, meridian,@ (an imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth) }
{ dateline, date_line, International_Date_Line, meridian,@i (an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian) }
{ meteorological_observation_post, weather_station, lookout,@ (one of a network of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded) }
{ midair, point,@ (some point in the air; above ground level; "the planes collided in midair") }
{ [ minimum, maximum,! ] limit2,@ (the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right) }
{ [ monument, adj.pert:monumental,+ ] site,@ (an important site that is marked and preserved as public property) }
{ mud_flat, tract,@ (a tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide) }
{ [ nadir1, zenith1,! ] celestial_point,@ celestial_sphere,#p (the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected) }
{ national_park, park,@ (a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property) }
{ Acadia_National_Park, national_park,@i Maine,#p (a national park in Maine showing marine erosion and glaciation; includes seashore and also the highest point on the Atlantic coast) }
{ Arches_National_Park, national_park,@i Utah,#p (a national park in Utah including mountains and the Colorado River gorge and huge rock formations caused by erosion) }
{ Badlands_National_Park, national_park,@i South_Dakota,#p (a national park in South Dakota having multicolored peaks and spires resulting from erosion; fossil sites) }
{ Big_Bend, geographical_area,@i Texas,#p (a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend in the Rio Grande) }
{ Big_Bend_National_Park, national_park,@i Texas,#p (a large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert and canyons and wildlife) }
{ Biscayne_National_Park, national_park,@i Florida,#p (a national park in Florida having underwater coral reefs and marine life) }
{ Bryce_Canyon_National_Park, national_park,@i Utah,#p (a national park in Utah having multicolored rock erosions) }
{ Canyonlands_National_Park, national_park,@i Utah,#p (a national park in Utah having rock formations and ancient cliff dwellings; canyons of the Green River and the Colorado River) }
{ Capitol_Reef_National_Park, national_park,@i Utah,#p (a national park in Utah having colorful rock formations and desert plants and wildlife) }
{ Carlsbad_Caverns_National_Park, national_park,@i New_Mexico,#p (a national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world's largest cavern with spectacular underground formations) }
{ Channel_Islands_National_Park, national_park,@i California,#p (a national park in California featuring sea birds and marine life) }
{ Crater_Lake_National_Park, national_park,@i Oregon,#p (a national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano) }
{ Denali_National_Park, national_park,@i Alaska,#p (a large national park in Alaska having peaks of the Alaska Range (including Mount McKinley) and the huge Denali fault) }
{ Everglades_National_Park, national_park,@i Florida,#p (a national park in Florida containing an immense subtropical wilderness with mangrove swamps and rare birds and wild animals) }
{ Gates_of_the_Arctic_National_Park, national_park,@i Alaska,#p (a large national park in Alaska featuring the Great Mendenhall Glacier) }
{ Grand_Canyon_National_Park, national_park,@i Arizona,#p (a national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animals) }
{ Grand_Teton_National_Park, national_park,@i Wyoming,#p (a national park in Wyoming featuring mountains) }
{ Great_Smoky_Mountains_National_Park, national_park,@i Tennessee,#p North_Carolina,#p (a national park in Tennessee and North Carolina that includes the highest mountain in the eastern United States) }
{ Guadalupe_Mountains_National_Park, national_park,@i Texas,#p (a national park in Texas that has the highest point in Texas; includes desert wilderness and the ancient Apache hunting grounds) }
{ Haleakala_National_Park, national_park,@i Hawaii,#p (a national park in Hawaii including a dormant volcano) }
{ Hawaii_Volcanoes_National_Park, national_park,@i Hawaii,#p (a national park in Hawaii featuring active volcanoes) }
{ Hot_Springs_National_Park, national_park,@i Arkansas,#p (a national park in Arkansas featuring ancient hot springs; bathing is said to have therapeutic effects) }
{ Isle_Royal_National_Park, national_park,@i Michigan,#p (a national park on an island in Michigan; includes prehistoric iron mines) }
{ Katmai_National_Park, national_park,@i Alaska,#p (a national park in Alaska featuring mountains) }
{ Kenai_Fjords_National_Park, national_park,@i Alaska,#p (a national park in Alaska having mountains and whale watching and ancient Indian copper mines) }
{ Kings_Canyon_National_Park, national_park,@i California,#p (a national park in California that has giant sequoia trees and alpine lakes and glaciers) }
{ Kobuk_Valley_National_Park, national_park,@i Alaska,#p (a national park in Alaska having mountains and forests and tundra and sand dunes and archeological sites) }
{ Lake_Clark_National_Park, national_park,@i Alaska,#p (a national park in Alaska having Eskimo and Athapaskan archeological sites) }
{ Lassen_Volcanic_National_Park, national_park,@i California,#p (a national park in California having mountains and volcanic lakes and hot springs) }
{ Mammoth_Cave_National_Park, national_park,@i Kentucky,#p (a national park in Kentucky having a large cavern and an underground river) }
{ Mesa_Verde_National_Park, national_park,@i Colorado,#p (a national park in Colorado containing prehistoric cliff dwellings; semiarid landscape) }
{ Mount_Rainier_National_Park, national_park,@i Washington,#p (a national park in Washington having mountain terrain featuring glaciers and alpine lakes and streams and swamps) }
{ North_Cascades_National_Park, national_park,@i Washington,#p (a national park in Washington that is an alpine wilderness area featuring gold rush and logging campsites) }
{ Olympic_National_Park, national_park,@i Washington,#p (a national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens) }
{ Petrified_Forest_National_Park, national_park,@i Arizona,#p (a national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous trees) }
{ Platt_National_Park, national_park,@i Oklahoma,#p (a national park in Oklahoma having mineral springs) }
{ Redwood_National_Park, national_park,@i California,#p (a national park in California featuring a redwood forest and Pacific Ocean coastline) }
{ Rocky_Mountain_National_Park, national_park,@i Colorado,#p (a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests) }
{ Sequoia_National_Park, national_park,@i California,#p (a national park in California that includes Mount Whitney) }
{ Shenandoah_National_Park, national_park,@i Virginia,#p (a national park in Virginia for the Blue Ridge Mountains) }
{ Theodore_Roosevelt_Memorial_National_Park, national_park,@i North_Dakota,#p (a national park in North Dakota that includes the site of former President Theodore Roosevelt's ranch) }
{ Virgin_Islands_National_Park, national_park,@i Virgin_Islands,#p (a national park in the Virgin Islands having tropical plants and animals; sandy beaches and coral reefs) }
{ Voyageurs_National_Park, national_park,@i Minnesota,#p (a national park in Minnesota having ancient rock outcroppings and evergreen forests) }
{ Wind_Cave_National_Park, national_park,@i South_Dakota,#p (a national park in South Dakota featuring bison herds and limestone caverns) }
{ [windward, leeward,!] side,@ (the side of something that is toward the wind) }
{ Wrangell-St._Elias_National_Park, national_park,@i Alaska,#p (the largest national park of the United States; located in Alaska) }
{ Yellowstone_National_Park, national_park,@i Wyoming,#p Montana,#p Idaho,#p (the first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears) }
{ Yosemite_National_Park, national_park,@i California,#p (a national park in California famous for its waterfalls and rock formations) }
{ Zion_National_Park, national_park,@i Utah,#p (a national park in Utah having huge canyons and gorges carved by mountain rivers) }
{ nesting_place, topographic_point,@ (a place suitable for nesting) }
{ no-go_area, area1,@ noun.location:Britain,;r (an area that is dangerous or impossible to enter or to which entry is forbidden) }
{ no_man's_land, area1,@ (an unoccupied area between the front lines of opposing armies) }
{ nombril, center,@ (the center point on a shield) }
{ no-parking_zone, space,@ (a space where automobiles are not allowed to park) }
{ north_celestial_pole, celestial_pole,@i (the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere; near Polaris) }
{ northern_hemisphere, hemisphere,@i (the hemisphere that is to the north of the equator) }
{ [ North_Pole, adj.all:polar^north-polar,+ ] pole,@i (the northernmost point of the Earth's axis) }
{ old_country, fatherland,@ (the country of origin of an immigrant) }
{ [ orbit, adj.pert:orbital,+ verb.motion:orbit,+ ] celestial_orbit, path,@ (the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon") }
{ [ orbit1, adj.pert:orbital,+ verb.motion:orbit,+ ] electron_orbit, path,@ (the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom) }
{ geosynchronous_orbit, orbit,@ (a circular orbit around the Earth having a period of 24 hours) }
{ geostationary_orbit, geosynchronous_orbit,@ (a geosynchronous orbit that is fixed with respect to a position on the Earth) }
{ [ outline, verb.creation:outline1,+ ] [ lineation, verb.contact:line2,+ verb.contact:line1,+ ] boundary,@ (the line that appears to bound an object) }
{ coastline, outline,@ (the outline of a coast) }
{ paper_route, paper_round, path,@ (the route taken when delivering newspapers every day) }
{ [ profile1, verb.creation:profile,+ ] noun.location:outline,@ (an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side)) }
{ [ silhouette, verb.perception:silhouette,+ ] outline,@ (an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)) }
{ [ outside, inside,! ] exterior, surface,@ (the outer side or surface of something) }
{ [ outside1, inside1,!] exterior1, region,@ (the region that is outside of something) }
{ [ outdoors, adj.all:outdoor^outdoorsy,+ ] out-of-doors, open_air, [ open2, adj.all:unenclosed^open,+ ] outside1,@ (where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get outdoors a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open") }
{ outstation, outpost, station,@ (a station in a remote or sparsely populated location) }
{ [ overlook, verb.stative:overlook1,+ verb.stative:overlook,+ ] topographic_point,@ (a high place affording a good view) }
{ paddy, paddy_field, rice_paddy, field,@ (an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown) }
{ panhandle, geographic_area,@ (a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area; "Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia") }
{ parade_ground, tract,@ (an area for holding parades) }
{ fairground, tract,@ (an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses) }
{ midway, tract,@ noun.act:carnival1,#p (the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located) }
{ fairway1, tract,@ (a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement) }
{ [ parish, adj.pert:parochial,+ ] jurisdiction,@ diocese,#p (the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor) }
{ park, parkland, tract,@ (a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property; "there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park") }
{ park1, commons, [ common, adj.all:common2,+ ] green1, tract,@ urban_area,#p (a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park") }
{ parking_lot, car_park, [ park2, verb.motion:park,+ verb.contact:park,+ ] parking_area, lot,@ (a lot where cars are parked) }
{ parking_space, parking_zone, space,@ (a space where an automobile can be parked) }
{ parts, environment,@ (the local environment; "he hasn't been seen around these parts in years") }
{ [ pasture, verb.contact:pasture10,+ verb.contact:pasture,+ ] pastureland, grazing_land, lea, ley, grassland,@ country1,#p (a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock) }
{ path, [ route, verb.motion:route1,+ verb.motion:route,+ ] itinerary, line,@ (an established line of travel or access) }
{ beeline, path,@ (the most direct route; "he made a beeline for the bathroom") }
{ [ circuit, verb.motion:circuit,+ ] path,@ (an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to; "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit") }
{ [ crosscut, verb.contact:crosscut,+ ] path,@ (a diagonal path) }
{ supply_line, supply_route, path,@ (a route over which supplies can be delivered) }
{ line_of_fire, path,@ (the path of a missile discharged from a firearm) }
{ migration_route, flyway, path,@ (the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate) }
{ fairway2, path,@ (the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters) }
{ patriarchate, jurisdiction,@ (the jurisdiction of a patriarch) }
{ peak, crown, [ crest1, verb.stative:crest,+ ] [ top2, verb.motion:top4,+ verb.motion:top,+ ] tip1, [ summit, verb.motion:summit,+ ] topographic_point,@ (the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit") }
{ [ periapsis, apoapsis,! ] [ point_of_periapsis, point_of_apoapsis,! ] celestial_point,@ orbit,#p noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited) }
{ [ perigee, apogee,! ] periapsis,@ (periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth) }
{ [ perihelion, aphelion,! ] periapsis,@ (periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun) }
{ [ perijove, apojove,! ] periapsis,@ (periapsis in orbit around Jupiter) }
{ [ periselene, aposelene,! ] [ perilune, apolune,! ] periapsis,@ (periapsis in orbit around the moon) }
{ pesthole, breeding_ground,@ (a breeding ground for epidemic disease) }
{ picnic_area, picnic_ground, tract,@ (a tract of land set aside for picnicking) }
{ pinnacle, peak,@ (a lofty peak) }
{ prairie, grassland,@ (a treeless grassy plain) }
{ public_square, square, tract,@ city1,#p (an open area at the meeting of two or more streets) }
{ plaza, place2, piazza, public_square,@ (a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place") }
{ toll_plaza, tract,@ (an area where tollbooths are located) }
{ point, noun.Tops:location,@ (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street") }
{ [ abutment, verb.contact:abut,+ ] point,@ (point of contact between two objects or parts) }
{ [ pole, adj.pert:polar,+ adj.all:polar,+ ] geographic_point,@ (one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface) }
{ pole1, celestial_pole, celestial_point,@ (one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere) }
{ pole_position, position,@ (the most favorable position at the start of a race) }
{ polls, position,@ (the place where people vote) }
{ pride_of_place, position,@ (the first or highest or most important or most ostentatious place) }
{ [ position, verb.motion:position,+ ] [ place5, verb.contact:place,+ ] point,@ (the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place") }
{ [ position3, verb.motion:position,+ ] point,@ (the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in position") }
{ pressure_point, point,@ noun.body:body,#p (any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point) }
{ military_position, position2, point,@ noun.group:military,;c (a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons) }
{ anomaly, position,@ noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)) }
{ site2, [ situation, verb.stative:situate,+ ] position,@ (physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides") }
{ active_site, site2,@ noun.substance:enzyme,#p noun.substance:antibody,#p (the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs) }
{ close_quarters, site2,@ noun.communication:plural,;u (a situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something) }
{ locus1, site2,@ (the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome) }
{ locus_of_infection, site2,@ (the specific site in the body where an infection originates) }
{ restriction_site, site2,@ (the specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA) }
{ [ setting2, verb.contact:set,+ verb.change:set2,+ ] position,@ (the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat") }
{ [ juxtaposition, verb.contact:juxtapose,+ ] position,@ (a side-by-side position) }
{ [ lie, verb.stative:lie2,+ verb.stative:lie3,+ verb.stative:lie1,+ verb.contact:lie,+ verb.stative:lie,+ ] position,@ (position or manner in which something is situated) }
{ post, [ station, verb.competition:station,+ ] position,@ (the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station") }
{ [ pitch, verb.possession:pitch,+ ] position,@ noun.location:Britain,;r (a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk); "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors") }
{ landmark, position,@ (the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; "the church steeple provided a convenient landmark") }
{ [ right, left,!] position,@ (location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right") }
{ stage_right, right_stage, right,@ noun.artifact:stage,#p (the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience) }
{ [ left, right,!] position,@ (location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east; "she stood on the left") }
{ stage_left, left_stage, left,@ noun.artifact:stage,#p (the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience) }
{ [ back2, front2,!] [ rear1, adj.all:back^rear,+ ] position,@ (the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store") }
{ [ front2, adj.all:anterior^frontal1,+ verb.stative:front,+ back2,!] position,@ (the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage") }

{ [ municipality, adj.all:domestic^municipal,+ adj.pert:municipal,+ ] urban_area,@ administrative_district,@ (an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government) }
{ new_town, urban_area,@ noun.location:Britain,;r (a planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreation) }
{ perch, seat1,@ (an elevated place serving as a seat) }
{ potter's_field, cemetery,@ (a cemetery for unknown or indigent people) }
{ [ prefecture, adj.pert:prefectural,+ ] administrative_district,@ noun.location:France,;r noun.location:Japan,;r noun.location:Roman_Empire,;r (the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)) }
{ premises, site,@ (land and the buildings on it; "bread is baked on the premises"; "the were evicted from the premises") }
{ protectorate, associated_state, district,@ (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) }
{ quadrant, area1,@ (the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle) }
{ quadrant1, area1,@ (any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes) }
{ quadrant2, quarter-circle, line,@ (a quarter of the circumference of a circle) }
{ quarter, city_district,@ (a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter") }
{ kasbah, casbah, quarter,@ (an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located) }
{ medina1, quarter,@ (the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa) }
{ Queen_Maud_Land, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Antarctica,#p (a region of Antarctica between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea; claimed by Norway) }
{ radius, region,@ (a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius; "they located it within a radius of 2 miles") }
{ rain_shadow, area1,@ (an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it) }
{ [ range1, verb.stative:range3,+ verb.stative:range1,+ ] [ reach, verb.stative:reach,+ ] limit2,@ (the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire") }
{ [ range2, adj.all:mobile^rangy,+ adj.all:large^rangy,+ verb.consumption:range,+ verb.contact:range2,+ ] tract,@ (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") }
{ [ rear, adj.all:back^rear,+ front,! ] backside, back_end, side,@ (the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel") }
{ [ rearward, adj.all:back^rearward,+ adj.all:backward1^rearward,+ ] rear,@ (direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions") }
{ red_line, line1,@ (a line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rink) }
{ region, part, noun.Tops:location,@ (the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space") }
{ region1, noun.Tops:location,@ (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions") }
{ possession, district,@ (a territory that is controlled by a ruling state) }
{ [ antipodes, adj.pert:antipodal,+ ] region1,@ (any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth; "the North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes") }
{ rifle_range, rifle_shot, range1,@ (the distance that a rifle bullet will carry; "the target was out of rifle range") }
{ unknown, unknown_region, terra_incognita, region1,@ (an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown") }
{ staging_area, area1,@ noun.group:military,;c (an area where troops and equipment in transit are assembled before a military operation) }
{ [ open1, adj.all:unobstructed^open,+ ] [ clear, adj.all:unobstructed^clear,+ verb.change:clear9,+ verb.change:clear2,+ verb.change:clear1,+ ] area1,@ (a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water; "finally broke out of the forest into the open") }
{ rhumb_line, rhumb, loxodrome, line,@ (a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction) }
{ declination1, celestial_latitude, dec, noun.shape:angular_distance,@ noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere) }
{ right_ascension, RA, celestial_longitude, noun.shape:angular_distance,@ noun.cognition:astronomy,;c ((astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right ascension equals fifteen degrees") }
{ waterfront, city_district,@ (the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water) }
{ seafront, waterfront,@ (the waterfront of a seaside town) }
{ [ port, verb.motion:port5,+ verb.motion:port6,+ ] geographic_point,@ (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country) }
{ entrepot, transshipment_center, port,@ (a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties; "Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC") }
{ free_port1, port,@ (a port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels) }
{ home_port, port,@ (the port from which a ship originates of where it is registered) }
{ outport, port,@ noun.location:Britain,;r (a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)) }
{ port_of_entry, point_of_entry, port,@ (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise) }
{ seaport, haven, harbor, harbour, port,@ seafront,#p (a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo) }
{ coaling_station, seaport,@ (a seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal) }
{ port_of_call, seaport,@ (any port where a ship stops except its home port) }
{ free_port, free_zone, area1,@ (an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties) }
{ [ anchorage, verb.contact:anchor,+ ] anchorage_ground, area1,@ harbor,#p (place for vessels to anchor) }
{ treaty_port, port,@ (a port in China or Korea or Japan that once was open to foreign trade on the basis of a trading treaty) }
{ [ mooring, verb.contact:moor1,+ ] moorage, [ berth, verb.possession:berth,+ verb.contact:berth3,+ verb.contact:berth,+ ] slip, anchorage,@ (a place where a craft can be made fast) }
{ roads, roadstead, anchorage,@ (a partly sheltered anchorage) }
{ dockyard, waterfront,@ (an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired) }
{ [ resort, verb.motion:resort,+ ] resort_hotel, holiday_resort, noun.artifact:hotel,@ resort_area,#p (a hotel located in a resort area) }
{ resort_area, playground, vacation_spot, area1,@ (an area where many people go for recreation) }
{ rough, site,@ noun.artifact:golf_course,#p (the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short) }
{ [ vicinity, adj.pert:vicinal,+ ] [ locality, adj.pert:local1,+ ] [ neighborhood, noun.person:neighbor,+ noun.object:neighbor,+ ] [ neighbourhood, noun.person:neighbour,+ noun.object:neighbour,+ ] neck_of_the_woods, section1,@ (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") }
{ gold_coast1, vicinity,@ (a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area; "Chicago's gold coast is along Lake Michigan") }
{ 'hood, vicinity,@ noun.communication:slang,;u ((slang) a neighborhood) }
{ place1, vicinity,@ (a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago") }
{ block, city_block, area1,@ (a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings; "he lives in the next block") }
{ neighborhood1, area1,@ (an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community); "an ethnic neighborhood") }
{ proximity, vicinity,@ (the region close around a person or thing) }
{ [ presence, adj.all:present2,+ ] front3, proximity,@ (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") }
{ [ rendezvous, verb.social:rendezvous,+ ] topographic_point,@ (a place where people meet; "he was waiting for them at the rendezvous") }
{ [ retreat, verb.motion:retreat2,+ ] area1,@ (a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet) }
{ ashram, retreat,@ India,;r ((India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus) }
{ ashram1, retreat,@ (a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram) }
{ Camp_David, retreat,@i (a retreat to the northwest of Washington that is used by the president of the United States) }
{ nook, retreat,@ (a sheltered and secluded place) }
{ nest, retreat,@ (a cosy or secluded retreat) }
{ pleasance, retreat,@ (a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion) }
{ safety, refuge, area1,@ (a safe place; "He ran to safety") }
{ [ harborage, verb.stative:harbor,+ ] [ harbourage, verb.stative:harbour,+ ] safety,@ noun.artifact:ship,;c ((nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)) }
{ [ danger, adj.all:dangerous,+ ] area1,@ (a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger") }
{ danger_line, line,@ (a line beyond which it is dangerous to go) }
{ rookery, breeding_ground,@ (a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)) }
{ Rubicon, boundary,@i (the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war) }
{ country1, [ rural_area, urban_area,! ] geographical_area,@ (an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country") }
{ countryside, country1,@ (rural regions) }
{ scrubland, country1,@ (an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation) }
{ weald, country1,@ noun.location:Britain,;r (an area of open or forested country) }
{ wold, country1,@ (a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)) }
{ safari_park, park,@ (an area of parkland where wild animals are kept and can be viewed by visitors driving through) }
{ sanctum, sanctum_sanctorum, retreat,@ (a place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go") }
{ sandlot, vacant_lot,@ (a vacant lot used by city boys to play games) }
{ savanna, savannah1, grassland,@ (a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions) }
{ scene, area1,@ (the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime") }
{ [ light, verb.change:light,+ ] scene,@ (an illuminated area; "he stepped into the light") }
{ [ darkness, adj.all:dark1,+ ] [ dark, adj.all:dark1,+ ] [ shadow, verb.weather:shadow,+ ] scene,@ (an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness") }
{ field_of_honor, scene,@ (the scene of a duel) }
{ [ stage, verb.creation:stage1,+ ] 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") }
{ scenery, vicinity,@ (the appearance of a place) }
{ [ landscape, noun.person:landscapist1,+ noun.person:landscapist,+ ] scenery,@ (an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view) }
{ seascape, scenery,@ (a view of the sea) }
{ separation, space,@ (the space where a division or parting occurs; "he hid in the separation between walls") }
{ schoolyard, yard,@ (the yard associated with a school) }
{ churchyard, God's_acre, yard,@ (the yard associated with a church) }
{ [ scour, verb.contact:scour,+ verb.change:scour,+ verb.contact:scour1,+ ] topographic_point,@ (a place that is scoured (especially by running water)) }
{ [ seat1, verb.possession:seat,+ verb.possession:seat1,+ verb.stative:seat,+ verb.contact:seat,+ ] place3, space,@ noun.communication:theater,;c noun.artifact:airplane,;c (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") }
{ [ seat, verb.social:seat,+ ] center1,@ (a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)) }
{ section, plane_section, noun.attribute:area,@ noun.cognition:geometry,;c ((geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid) }
{ [ section1, verb.contact:section,+ ] area1,@ (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") }
{ sector, tract,@ battlefield,#p noun.group:military,;c (a portion of a military position) }
{ service_area, topographic_point,@ (place on a highway providing garage services and eating and toilet facilities) }
{ showplace, topographic_point,@ (a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty) }
{ shrubbery, area1,@ (an area where a number of shrubs are planted) }
{ side1, line,@ (a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side") }
{ side2, region,@ (a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side") }
{ bedside, side2,@ (space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person); "the doctor stood at her bedside") }
{ blind_side, side2,@ (the side on which your vision is limited or obstructed) }
{ dockside, side2,@ (the region adjacent to a boat dock) }
{ east_side, side2,@ (the side that is on the east) }
{ hand, side2,@ (a position given by its location to the side of an object; "objections were voiced on every hand") }
{ north_side, side2,@ (the side that is on the north) }
{ shipside, side2,@ noun.artifact:wharf,#p (the part of a wharf that is next to a ship) }
{ south_side, side2,@ (the side that is on the south) }
{ west_side, side2,@ (the side that is on the west) }
{ scrimmage_line, line_of_scrimmage, line1,@ (line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football; "the runner was tackled at the line of scrimmage") }
{ service_line, baseline1, line1,@ (the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line) }
{ sideline, out_of_bounds, line1,@ (a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field) }
{ [ site, verb.possession:site,+ ] land_site, tract,@ (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school") }
{ skyline1, outline,@ (the outline of objects seen against the sky) }
{ [ slum, adj.all:poor3^slummy,+ verb.social:slum,+ ] slum_area, city_district,@ (a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions) }
{ shantytown, slum,@ (a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties) }
{ skid_road, quarter,@ (the district of a town frequented by loggers) }
{ skid_row, slum,@ (a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts) }
{ ski_resort, resort,@ (a resort with lodging and facilities for skiing) }
{ solitude, topographic_point,@ (a solitary place) }
{ southern_hemisphere, hemisphere,@i (the hemisphere to the south of the equator) }
{ [ South_Pole, adj.all:polar^south-polar,+ ] pole,@i noun.object:Antarctica,#p (the southernmost point of the Earth's axis) }
{ south_celestial_pole, celestial_pole,@i (the celestial pole above the southern hemisphere) }
{ [ space, adj.all:commodious^spacious,+ ] area1,@ (an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space") }
{ air, region,@ (the region above the ground; "her hand stopped in mid air"; "he threw the ball into the air") }
{ vacuum, vacuity, region,@ (a region that is devoid of matter) }
{ sphere, sphere_of_influence, geographical_area,@ (the geographical area in which one nation is very influential) }
{ [ stand, verb.contact:stand1,+ verb.stative:stand1,+ verb.contact:stand,+ ] position,@ (the position where a thing or person stands) }
{ start, starting_line, scratch, scratch_line, line1,@ (a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game) }
{ touchline, sideline,@ (either of the sidelines in soccer or rugby) }
{ yard_line, line1,@ (in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field) }
{ [ eparchy1, adj.pert:eparchial,+ ] state1,@ (a province in ancient Greece) }
{ state1, [ province, adj.pert:provincial,+ adj.all:provincial,+ ] administrative_district,@ country,#m (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south") }
{ American_state, state1,@ United_States,#p (one of the 50 states of the United States) }
{ [ station1, verb.competition:station,+ ] position,@ noun.group:navy,;c ((nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty) }
{ Stonehenge, monument,@i (an ancient megalithic monument in southern England; probably used for ritual purposes) }
{ [ stop, verb.motion:stop2,+ ] topographic_point,@ (a spot where something halts or pauses; "his next stop is Atlanta") }
{ stopover, way_station, stop,@ (a stopping place on a journey; "there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago") }
{ [ stratum, verb.social:stratify,+ verb.change:stratify,+ ] layer,@ noun.Tops:organism,;c (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)) }
{ Strand, noun.artifact:street,@i West_End,#p (a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels) }
{ substrate, substratum, stratum,@ (any stratum or layer lying underneath another) }
{ superstrate, superstratum, stratum,@ (any stratum or layer superimposed on another) }
{ horizon1, stratum,@ profile,#p (a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land) }
{ soil_horizon, horizon1,@ profile,#p (a layer in a soil profile) }
{ A-horizon, A_horizon, soil_horizon,@i (the top layer of a soil profile; usually contains humus) }
{ B-horizon, B_horizon, soil_horizon,@i (immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils) }
{ C-horizon, C_horizon, soil_horizon,@i (beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock) }
{ geological_horizon, horizon1,@ (a layer of rock with a particular composition (especially of fossils); for dating the stratum) }
{ seam, bed, stratum,@ (a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds") }
{ coal_seam, seam,@ (a seam of coal) }
{ coalface, noun.artifact:face,@ coal_seam,#p (the part of a coal seam that is being cut) }
{ field5, geographic_region,@ (a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa") }
{ coalfield, field5,@ (a region where there is coal underground) }
{ gasfield, field5,@ (a region where there is natural gas underground) }
{ oilfield, field5,@ (a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)) }
{ [ corner1, verb.motion:corner1,+ ] point,@ (the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube") }
{ substrate1, substratum1, surface,@ (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached; "the gardener talked about the proper substrate for acid-loving plants") }
{ [ surface, verb.motion:surface,+ ] boundary,@ (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface") }
{ tank_farm, area1,@ (an area used exclusively for storing petroleum in large tanks) }
{ trouble_spot1, area1,@ (a place where trouble exists or occurs regularly) }
{ target, target_area, topographic_point,@ (the location of the target that is to be hit) }
{ ground_zero, target,@ (the target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile)) }
{ tax_haven, country,@ (a country or independent region where taxes are low) }
{ [ tee, verb.contact:tee,+ ] teeing_ground, site,@ noun.artifact:golf_course,#p (the starting place for each hole on a golf course; "they were waiting on the first tee") }
{ toxic_site, toxic_waste_area, Superfund_site, site,@ (a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up) }
{ orphan_site, toxic_site,@ (a toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup) }
{ Temperate_Zone, climatic_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) }
{ North_Temperate_Zone, Temperate_Zone,@i (Temperate Zone between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer) }
{ South_Temperate_Zone, Temperate_Zone,@i (Temperate Zone between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn) }
{ terreplein, space,@ (level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart) }
{ testing_ground, laboratory, region1,@ (a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation; "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"; "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism") }
{ theme_park, amusement_park,@ (an amusement park that is organized around some theme (as the world of tomorrow)) }
{ three-mile_limit, limit,@ (the limit of a nation's territorial waters) }
{ [ tip, verb.change:tip4,+ verb.change:tip,+ ] end,@ (the extreme end of something; especially something pointed) }
{ [ top, verb.contact:top2,+ verb.motion:top,+ ] top_side, upper_side, upside, side,@ (the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted") }
{ desktop, top,@ (the top of a desk) }
{ rooftop, top,@ (the top of a (usually flat) roof) }
{ [ top1, verb.contact:top,+ verb.possession:top,+ verb.stative:top2,+ ] part,@ (the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page") }
{ [ head, verb.stative:head,+ foot,! ] top1,@ (the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list") }
{ tiptop, top,@ (the extreme top or summit) }
{ topographic_point, [ place, verb.creation:place,+ verb.competition:place3,+ verb.contact:place,+ ] spot1, point,@ (a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet") }
{ pool, puddle, topographic_point,@ (something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines") }
{ Torrid_Zone, tropical_zone, [ tropics, adj.all:equatorial^tropic,+ ] climatic_zone,@i (the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate) }
{ [ town, noun.location:township,+ ] municipality,@ (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work") }
{ burg, town,@ (colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life") }
{ boom_town, town,@ (a town enjoying sudden prosperity) }
{ cow_town, cowtown, town,@ (a small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America) }
{ ghost_town, town,@ noun.location:West1,;r (a deserted settlement (especially in western United States)) }
{ hometown, town,@ (the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again") }
{ Main_Street, town,@ (any small town (or the people who inhabit it); generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis); "Main Street will never vote for a liberal politician") }
{ market_town, town,@ (a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times) }
{ [ township, noun.location:town1,+ noun.location:town,+ ] [ town1, noun.location:township,+ ] administrative_district,@ (an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal") }
{ ward, administrative_district,@ municipality,#p (a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections) }
{ [ settlement, verb.change:settle3,+ verb.change:settle1,+ verb.change:settle,+ ] geographical_area,@ (an area where a group of families live together) }
{ village, hamlet, settlement,@ (a settlement smaller than a town) }
{ kampong, campong, village,@ (a native village in Malaysia) }
{ kraal, village,@ (a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade) }
{ pueblo, village,@ (a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States) }
{ tract, piece_of_land, piece_of_ground, parcel_of_land, [ parcel, verb.social:parcel,+ ] geographical_area,@ (an extended area of land) }
{ subdivision, tract,@ (an area composed of subdivided lots) }
{ [ subtropics, adj.pert:subtropic,+ ] semitropics, climatic_zone,@ (regions adjacent to the tropics) }
{ mine_field, tract,@ (a tract of land containing explosive mines) }
{ terrain, tract,@ (a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; "they decided to attack across the rocky terrain") }
{ plot, plot_of_land, plot_of_ground, patch, tract,@ (a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch") }
{ [ lot, verb.social:lot,+ ] tract,@ (a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake") }
{ [ tropic, adj.all:hot1^tropical,+ adj.all:equatorial^tropical,+ adj.pert:tropical,+ ] line_of_latitude,@ (either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics) }
{ Tropic_of_Cancer, tropic,@i (a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the north of the equator) }
{ Tropic_of_Capricorn, tropic,@i (a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the south of the equator) }
{ trust_territory, trusteeship, district,@ (a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations) }
{ [ urban_area, rural_area,! ] populated_area, geographical_area,@ (a geographical area constituting a city or town) }
{ barrio, urban_area,@ (an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country) }
{ barrio1, quarter,@ noun.location:US,;r (a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)) }
{ used-car_lot, parking_lot,@ (a parking lot where a dealer in used-cars displays cars for sale) }
{ vacant_lot, building_site, lot,@ (a lot on which there are no permanent buildings) }
{ Van_Allen_belt, belt,@i noun.object:Earth,#p (a belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field) }
{ vanishing_point, point,@ (the point beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist) }
{ vantage, position,@ (place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)) }
{ vantage_point, viewpoint, vantage,@ (a place from which something can be viewed; "from that vantage point he could survey the whole valley") }
{ veld, veldt, grassland,@ (elevated open grassland in southern Africa) }
{ venue, jurisdiction,@ (in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held) }
{ venue1, [ locale, verb.stative:localize1,+ verb.creation:localize,+ ] locus, scene,@ (the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)) }
{ vertex, peak1, [ apex, adj.all:top^apical,+ ] acme, extreme_point,@ (the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid") }
{ vertical_circle, great_circle,@ (a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and perpendicular to the horizon) }
{ viceroyalty, jurisdiction,@ (a district or province governed by a viceroy) }
{ Victoria_Land, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Antarctica,#p (a mountainous area of Antarctica bounded by the Ross Sea and Wilkes Land) }
{ village_green, park1,@ (a village park consisting of a plot of grassy land) }
{ warren, rabbit_warren, residential_district,@ (an overcrowded residential area) }
{ watering_place, watering_hole, spa, resort_area,@ (a health resort near a spring or at the seaside) }
{ waterline, water_line, water_level, line,@ (a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship) }
{ water_line1, watermark, line,@ (a line marking the level reached by a body of water) }
{ high-water_mark, water_line1,@ (a line marking the highest level reached) }
{ low-water_mark, water_line1,@ (a line marking the lowest level reached) }
{ watershed, water_parting, [ divide, verb.stative:divide,+ ] line,@ (a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems) }
{ continental_divide, watershed,@ noun.object:North_America,;r (the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)) }
{ Great_Divide, watershed,@i continental_divide,#p (that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States) }
{ direction, way, path,@ (a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home") }
{ trade_route, path,@ (a route followed by traders (usually in caravans)) }
{ Silk_Road, trade_route,@i (an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles); followed by Marco Polo in the 13th century to reach Cathay) }
{ Northwest_Passage, path,@i (a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)) }
{ bearing, [ heading, verb.motion:head1,+ verb.motion:head,+ ] aim, direction,@ (the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies) }
{ [ tack, verb.motion:tack,+ ] heading,@ (the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails) }
{ [ course, verb.motion:course,+ ] [ trend1, verb.motion:trend,+ ] direction,@ (general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast") }
{ east-west_direction, direction,@ (in a direction parallel with lines of latitude) }
{ north-south_direction, direction,@ (in a direction parallel with lines of longitude) }
{ qibla, direction,@ (the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers) }
{ tendency, trend2, direction,@ (a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market") }
{ wave_front, wavefront, surface,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c ((physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium) }
{ Wilkes_Land, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Antarctica,#p (a coastal region of Antarctica on the Indian Ocean to the south of Australia; most of the territory is claimed by Australia) }

{ western_hemisphere, occident1, New_World, hemisphere,@ (the hemisphere that includes North America and South America) }
{ West, [ Occident, adj.all:western1^occidental,+ ] region1,@i (the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America) }
{ West1, western_United_States, geographical_area,@i United_States,#p (the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River) }
{ Wild_West, West1,@i (the western United States during its frontier period) }
{ wheatfield, wheat_field, grainfield,@ (a field planted with wheat) }
{ whereabouts, noun.Tops:location,@ (the general location where something is; "I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime") }
{ [ wilderness, adj.all:inhospitable^wild,+ adj.all:wild1,+ ] [ wild, adj.all:inhospitable^wild,+ ] geographical_area,@ (a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers") }
{ winner's_circle, area1,@ (a small area at a racecourse where awards are given to the owners of winning horses) }
{ tape, finishing_line,@ (the finishing line for a foot race; "he broke the tape in record time") }
{ wire, finishing_line,@ (the finishing line on a racetrack) }
{ workspace, space,@ (space allocated for your work (as in an office)) }
{ yard, tract,@ (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") }
{ tiltyard, yard,@ ((formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests) }
{ yard1, tract,@ (a tract of land where logs are accumulated) }
{ [ zenith1, adj.pert:zenithal,+ nadir1,! ] celestial_point,@ celestial_sphere,#p (the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected) }
{ exaltation, celestial_point,@ zodiac,#p (the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence) }
{ [ zodiac, adj.pert:zodiacal,+ ] region,@ celestial_sphere,#p (a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes) }
{ sign_of_the_zodiac, star_sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary_house, region,@ zodiac,#p noun.cognition:astrology,;c ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided) }
{ Aries, Aries_the_Ram, Ram, sign,@i (the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19) }
{ Taurus, Taurus_the_Bull, Bull1, sign,@i (the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20) }
{ Gemini, Gemini_the_Twins, Twins, sign,@i (the third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20) }
{ Cancer, Cancer_the_Crab, Crab, sign,@i (the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22) }
{ Leo, Leo_the_Lion, Lion, sign,@i (the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22) }
{ Virgo, Virgo_the_Virgin, Virgin, sign,@i (the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22) }
{ Libra, Libra_the_Balance, Balance, Libra_the_Scales, sign,@i (the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22) }
{ Scorpio, Scorpio_the_Scorpion, Scorpion, sign,@i (the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21) }
{ Sagittarius, Sagittarius_the_Archer, Archer, sign,@i (the ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21) }
{ Capricorn, Capricorn_the_Goat, Goat, sign,@i (the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19) }
{ Aquarius, Aquarius_the_Water_Bearer, Water_Bearer, sign,@i (the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18) }
{ Pisces, Pisces_the_Fishes, Fish, sign,@i (the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20) }
{ [ zone, adj.pert:zonary,+ verb.social:zone,+ ] place,@ (a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features) }
{ buffer_zone, buffer, zone1,@ (a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict) }
{ combat_zone, combat_area, zone1,@ field3,#p noun.group:military,;c (a military area where combat forces operate) }
{ war_zone, combat_zone,@ noun.group:military,;c (a combat zone where military operations are coordinated (especially a designated area in international waters where the rights of neutrals are not respected by nations at war)) }
{ bridgehead, foothold, combat_zone,@ (an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies; "an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines"; "the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar") }
{ airhead, bridgehead,@ (a bridgehead seized by airborne troops) }
{ beachhead, bridgehead,@ (a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation; "the Germans were desperately trying to contain the Anzio beachhead") }
{ combat_zone1, tenderloin, city_district,@ (a city district known for its vice and high crime rate) }
{ turf2, city_district,@ (the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own) }
{ danger_zone, zone1,@ (a dangerous area) }
{ demilitarized_zone, DMZ, zone1,@ (a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited; "tensions exist on both sides of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea") }
{ drop_zone, dropping_zone, zone1,@ noun.group:military,;c (an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops) }
{ kill_zone, killing_zone, zone1,@ (an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities) }
{ killing_field, geographical_area,@ ((usually plural) an area where many people have died (usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbance)) }
{ enterprise_zone, city_district,@ (a city district where development receives special tax advantages) }
{ outskirt, fringe, city_district,@ (a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city") }
{ strike_zone, zone1,@ noun.act:baseball,;c ((baseball) the area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike) }
{ tidal_zone, zone1,@ (an area subject to tidal action) }
{ time_zone, zone2,@ (any of the 24 regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used) }
{ transit_zone, zone2,@ (a six million square mile area that includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean; includes the principal routes used by drug smugglers) }
{ national_capital, capital,@ city,@ (the capital city of a nation) }
{ provincial_capital, capital,@ city,@ (the capital city of a province) }
{ state_capital, capital,@ city,@ (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country) }

{ [ Continent, adj.pert:continental1,+ ] noun.object:mainland,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there") }
{ European_country, European_nation, country,@ noun.object:Europe,#p (any one of the countries occupying the European continent) }
{ Scandinavian_country, Scandinavian_nation, European_country,@ noun.object:Europe,#p (any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia) }
{ Balkans, European_country,@i (the Balkan countries collectively) }
{ Balkan_country, Balkan_nation, Balkan_state, European_country,@ Balkan_Peninsula,#p (any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula) }
{ African_country, African_nation, country,@ noun.object:Africa,#p (any one of the countries occupying the African continent) }
{ [ East_Africa, adj.pert:east_african,+ ] geographical_area,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a geographical area in eastern Africa) }
{ [ Namibia, adj.pert:namibian,+ ] Republic_of_Namibia, South_West_Africa, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p noun.object:Africa,;r (a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa) }
{ Windhoek, national_capital,@i Namibia,#p (capital of Namibia in the center of the country) }
{ Asian_country, Asian_nation, country,@ noun.object:Asia,#p (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent) }
{ [ Cappadocia, adj.pert:cappadocian,+ ] geographical_area,@i Asia_Minor,#p (an ancient country is eastern Asia Minor) }
{ Galatia, geographical_area,@i Asia_Minor,#p (an ancient country in central Asia Minor) }
{ Phrygia, geographical_area,@i Asia_Minor,#p (an ancient country in western and central Asia Minor) }
{ Colossae, city,@i Phrygia,#p (an ancient city in south western Phrygia in Asia Minor; site of an early Christian Church) }
{ Pontus, geographical_area,@i Asia_Minor,#p (an ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire) }
{ Asia_Minor, Anatolia, noun.object:peninsula,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey) }
{ South_American_country, South_American_nation, country,@ noun.object:South_America,#p (any one of the countries occupying the South American continent) }
{ North_American_country, North_American_nation, country,@ noun.object:North_America,#p (any country on the North American continent) }
{ Central_American_country, Central_American_nation, North_American_country,@ Central_America,#p (any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments) }
{ [ Afghanistan, adj.pert:afghan,+ ] Islamic_State_of_Afghanistan, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south; "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979") }
{ Herat, city,@i Afghanistan,#p (a city in northwestern Afghanistan on the site of several ancient cities) }
{ Jalalabad, town,@i Afghanistan,#p (a town in eastern Afghanistan (east of Kabul)) }
{ Kabul, capital_of_Afghanistan, national_capital,@i Afghanistan,#p (the capital and largest city of Afghanistan; located in eastern Afghanistan) }
{ Kandahar, Qandahar, city,@i Afghanistan,#p (a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center) }
{ Mazar-i-Sharif, city,@i Afghanistan,#p (a city in northern Afghanistan) }
{ Illyria, geographical_area,@i (an uncertain region on the east shore of the Adriatic where an ancient Indo-European people once lived) }
{ [ Albania, adj.pert:albanian,+ ] Republic_of_Albania, Balkan_country,@i Balkan_Peninsula,#p (a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula) }
{ Tirana, Albanian_capital, national_capital,@i Albania,#p (the capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country) }
{ Durres, Durazzo, city,@i port,@i Albania,#p (port city in western Albania on the Adriatic) }
{ [ Algeria, adj.pert:algerian,+ ] Algerie, Democratic_and_Popular_Republic_of_Algeria, African_country,@i Maghreb,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m noun.group:OPEC,#m (a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s) }
{ Algiers, Algerian_capital, national_capital,@i port,@i Algeria,#p (an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria) }
{ Annaba, city,@i port,@i Algeria,#p (a port city of northeastern Algeria near the Tunisian border) }
{ Batna, town,@i Algeria,#p (a town in north central Algeria) }
{ Blida, city,@i Algeria,#p (a city in northern Algeria at the foot of the Atlas Mountains to the southwest of Algiers) }
{ Oran, city,@i port,@i Algeria,#p (a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city) }
{ Constantine, city,@i Algeria,#p (a walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I) }
{ Djanet, town,@i Algeria,#p (a desert town in southeastern Algeria) }
{ Hippo, Hippo_Regius, town,@i Algeria,#p (an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria) } 
{ Reggane, town,@i Algeria,#p (a town in central Algeria) }
{ Timgad, town,@i Algeria,#p (an ancient town founded by the Romans; noted for extensive and well-preserved ruins) }
{ Timimoun, town,@i Algeria,#p (a town in central Algeria in the Atlas Mountains) }
{ [ Numidia, adj.pert:numidian,+ ] kingdom,@i North_Africa,#p (an ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) in North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria) }
{ [ Angola, adj.pert:angolan,+ ] Republic_of_Angola, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p noun.group:OPEC,#m (a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990) }
{ Luanda, Angolan_capital, national_capital,@i port,@i Angola,#p (port city on Atlantic coast; the capital and largest city of Angola) }
{ Huambo, Nova_Lisboa, city,@i Angola,#p (a city in the mountains in western Angola) }
{ Lobito, city,@i port,@i Angola,#p (a seaport on the Atlantic coast of Angola) }
{ [ Anguilla, adj.pert:anguillan1,+ ] noun.object:island,@i West_Indies,#p (a British colony in the West Indies) }
{ Aran_Islands, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Galway_Bay,#p noun.location:Ireland,#p (three small islands belonging to Ireland at the entrance to Galway Bay) }
{ Caribbean, geographical_area,@i (region including the Caribbean Islands) }
{ Cayman_Islands, colony1,@i West_Indies,#p (a British colony in the Caribbean to the northwest of Jamaica; an international banking center) }
{ George_Town, national_capital,@i Cayman_Islands,#p (the capital of the Cayman Islands) }

{ Antigua_and_Barbuda, country,@i Leeward_Islands,#p Caribbean,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a country in the northern Leeward Islands) }
{ [ Antigua, adj.pert:antiguan1,+ ] noun.object:island,@i Antigua_and_Barbuda,#p (the largest of the islands comprising Antigua and Barbuda) }
{ Barbuda, noun.object:island,@i Antigua_and_Barbuda,#p (an island in Antigua and Barbuda) }
{ Redonda, noun.object:island,@i Antigua_and_Barbuda,#p (an island in Antigua and Barbuda) }
{ St._John's1, Saint_John's1, capital_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda, national_capital,@i Antigua_and_Barbuda,#p (the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda; located on the island of Antigua) }
{ Bengal, geographical_area,@i (a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India) }
{ Bermuda, Bermudas, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Atlantic_Ocean,#p (a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort) }
{ Hamilton1, city,@i (the capital of Bermuda) }
{ Bermuda_Triangle, area1,@i noun.object:Atlantic_Ocean,#p (an area in the western Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes are supposed to have been mysteriously lost) }
{ Bouvet_Island, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:South_Atlantic,#p (an island belonging to Norway in the South Atlantic near the Antarctic Circle) }
{ [ Montserrat, adj.pert:montserratian,+ ] noun.object:island,@i West_Indies,#p (a volcanic island in the Caribbean; in the West Indies) }
{ Patagonia, geographical_area,@i Argentina,#p Chile,#p (region in southern South America between the Andes and the South Atlantic) }
{ Triple_Frontier, frontier1,@i Argentina,#p Brazil,#p Paraguay,#p (the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet; an active South American center for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups) }

{ [ Argentina, adj.pert:argentinian,+ ] Argentine_Republic, South_American_country,@i noun.object:South_America,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America) }
{ Bahia_Blanca, city,@i port,@i (a port city in eastern Argentina to the southwest of Buenos Aires on an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean) }
{ Buenos_Aires, capital_of_Argentina, national_capital,@i port,@i Argentina,#p (capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center) }
{ Cordoba1, Cordova1, city,@i Argentina,#p (a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613) }
{ Moron, city,@i Argentina,#p (a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires) }
{ Rosario, city,@i Argentina,#p (a port city on the Parana River in eastern central Argentina) }
{ Vicente_Lopez, city,@i Argentina,#p (an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires) }
{ pampas, geographical_area,@i Argentina,#p (the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina) }


{ Balkan_Peninsula, Balkans1, noun.object:peninsula,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range) }
{ [ Bulgaria, adj.pert:bulgarian,+ ] Republic_of_Bulgaria, Balkan_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:NATO,#m (a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe) }
{ Sofia, Serdica, Bulgarian_capital, national_capital,@i Bulgaria,#p (capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria) }
{ Dobrich, Tolbukhin, city,@i (a city in northeastern Bulgaria (north of Varna) that is the commercial center of an agricultural region) }
{ Plovdiv, Philippopolis, city,@i Bulgaria,#p (an ancient city in southern Bulgaria; commercial center of an agricultural region) }
{ Varna, city,@i port,@i Bulgaria,#p (a port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea) }

{ Southeast_Asia, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore) }
{ Myanmar, Union_of_Burma, Burma, Asian_country,@i Indochina,#p Malay_peninsula,#p noun.group:ASEAN,#m (a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal; "much opium is grown in Myanmar") }
{ Yangon, Rangoon, national_capital,@i Myanmar,#p (the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta) }
{ Mandalay, city,@i Myanmar,#p (a city in central Myanmar to the north of Rangoon) }
{ Moulmein, Mawlamyine, city,@i port,@i (a port city of southern Myanmar on the Gulf of Martaban) }

{ [ Burundi, adj.pert:burundian,+ ] Republic_of_Burundi, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p East_Africa,#p (a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika) }
{ Bujumbura, Usumbura, capital_of_Burundi, national_capital,@i Burundi,#p (the capital and largest city of Burundi; "Usumbura was renamed Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962") }

{ [ Cambodia, adj.pert:cambodian,+ ] Kingdom_of_Cambodia, [ Kampuchea, adj.pert:kampuchean,+ ] Asian_country,@i Indochina,#p noun.group:ASEAN,#m (a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946) }
{ Phnom_Penh, Pnom_Penh, Cambodian_capital, national_capital,@i Cambodia,#p (the capital and largest city of Kampuchea) }
{ [ Cameroon, adj.pert:cameroonian,+ ] Republic_of_Cameroon, Cameroun, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960) }
{ Yaounde, capital_of_Cameroon, national_capital,@i Cameroon,#p (the capital of Cameroon) }
{ Douala, city,@i Cameroon,#p (the largest city of Cameroon) }
{ Cape_Verde_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i noun.object:Atlantic,#p (a group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal) }
{ Cape_Verde, Republic_of_Cape_Verde, country,@i Cape_Verde_Islands,#p (an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal) }
{ Praia, Cidade_de_Praia, capital_of_Cape_Verde, national_capital,@i Cape_Verde,#p (the capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island) }
{ Sao_Tiago_Island, noun.object:island,@i Cape_Verde_Islands,#p (largest of the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean) }
{ Falkland_Islands, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Atlantic,#p (a group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British Crown Colony) }
{ Central_African_Republic, Central_Africa, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960) }
{ Bangui, capital_of_Central_Africa, national_capital,@i Central_Africa,#p (the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic) }
{ Ceylon, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Indian_Ocean,#p (an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India) }
{ [ Sri_Lanka, adj.pert:sri_lankan,+ ] Democratic_Socialist_Republic_of_Sri_Lanka, Ceylon1, country,@i (a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948) }
{ Colombo, capital_of_Sri_Lanka, national_capital,@i Sri_Lanka,#p (the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the largest harbors in the world; is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon) }
{ Kandy, city,@i Sri_Lanka,#p (a city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center) }
{ Eelam, Tamil_Eelam, noun.group:state,@i Sri_Lanka,#p (the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for) }

{ [ Chad, adj.pert:chadian,+ ] Republic_of_Chad, Tchad, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960) }
{ N'Djamena, Ndjamena, Fort-Lamy, capital_of_Chad, national_capital,@i Chad,#p (the capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river) }

{ [ Chile, adj.pert:chilean,+ ] Republic_of_Chile, South_American_country,@i noun.object:South_America,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast) }
{ Antofagasta, city,@i port,@i Chile,#p (a port city on the Pacific in northern Chile) }
{ Chiloe, noun.object:island,@i Chile,#p (the largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled; located off south-central Chile) }
{ Concepcion, city,@i (an industrial city in Chile to the south of Santiago) }
{ Gran_Santiago, Santiago, Santiago_de_Chile, capital_of_Chile, national_capital,@i Chile,#p (the capital and largest city of Chile; located in central Chile; one of the largest cities in South America) }
{ Punta_Arenas, city,@i Chile,#p (a city in southern Chile on the Strait of Magellan; the southernmost city in the world) }
{ Temuco, city,@i Chile,#p (a city in central Chile to the south of Concepcion) }
{ Valparaiso, city,@i port,@i Chile,#p (the chief port and second largest city of Chile; located on a wide harbor in central Chile) }
{ Vina_del_Mar, city,@i Chile,#p (a resort city on the Pacific in central Chile) }
{ Tierra_del_Fuego, noun.object:archipelago,@i Chile,#p Argentina,#p (an archipelago off southern South America; separated from the continent by the Strait of Magellan; islands are administered by Chile and by Argentina) }
{ Cape_Horn, noun.object:cape,@i noun.object:promontory,@i Chile,#p (a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)) }

{ [ Manchuria, adj.pert:manchurian,+ ] geographical_area,@i China,#p (a region in northeastern China) }
{ China, People's_Republic_of_China, mainland_China, Communist_China, Red_China, PRC, Cathay, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world) }
{ Turkistan, Turkestan, geographic_area,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (a historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West) }
{ Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital_of_Red_China, national_capital,@i China,#p (capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city) }
{ Forbidden_City, section1,@i Beijing,#p (a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China) }
{ Chongqing, Chungking, city,@i China,#p (a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China) }
{ Guangdong, Kwangtung, Guangdong_province, province,@i (a province in southern China) }
{ Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton, city,@i port,@i China,#p (a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port) }
{ Gansu, Kansu, Gansu_province, province,@i China,#p Silk_Road,#p (a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia) }
{ Hebei, Hopei, Hopeh, Hebei_province, province,@i China,#p (a populous province in northeastern China) }
{ Hunan, Hunan_province, province,@i China,#p (a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources) }
{ Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan_province, province,@i China,#p (a populous province of south central China) }
{ Yunnan, Yunnan_province, province,@i China,#p (a province of southern China) }
{ Lanzhou, Lanchou, Lanchow, city,@i Gansu,#p (the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River) }
{ Luda, Luta, conurbation,@i China,#p (an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun) }
{ Dalian, Talien, Dairen, city,@i port,@i China,#p Luda,#p (a port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda) }
{ Luoyang, Loyang, city,@i China,#p (a city in east central China; the capital of ancient China during several dynasties) }
{ Lushun, Port_Arthur, city,@i port,@i China,#p Luda,#p (a major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda) }
{ Hangzhou, Hangchow, city,@i China,#p noun.location:China,;r (a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world) }
{ Nanchang, Nan-chang, city,@i China,#p (a walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang) }
{ Nanning, Nan-ning, city,@i China,#p (an industrial city in southern China) }
{ Nanjing, Nanking, city,@i China,#p (a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s) }
{ Shanghai, city,@i port,@i China,#p (the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world) }
{ Shenyang, Mukden, Moukden, Fengtien, city,@i China,#p (a city in northeastern China) }
{ Taiyuan, city,@i China,#p (an ancient city in northeastern China noted for coal mining and steel production) }
{ Tangshan, city,@i China,#p (an industrial city of northeastern China in Hebei province) }
{ Tianjin, Tientsin, T'ien-ching, city,@i China,#p (a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China) }
{ Grand_Canal, noun.artifact:canal,@i China,#p (an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China; extends from Tianjin in the north to Hangzhou in the south) }
{ Wuhan, city,@i China,#p (a city of central China on the Chang Jiang; the commercial and industrial center of central China) }
{ Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian, city,@i China,#p (a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC) }
{ Xinjiang, Sinkiang, Xinjiang_Uighur_Autonomous_Region, province,@i China,#p (an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people) }
{ Inner_Mongolia, Nei_Monggol, province,@i China,#p (an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911) }
{ Hohhot, city,@i Nei_Monggol,#p (a northern industrial city of China to the northwest of Beijing) }

{ Taiwan1, [ Formosa, adj.pert:formosan,+ ] noun.object:island,@i noun.object:South_China_Sea,#p (an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea) }
{ Taiwan, China1, Nationalist_China, Republic_of_China, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:South_China_Sea,#p (a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong) }
{ Taipei, Taipeh, capital_of_Taiwan, national_capital,@i Taiwan,#p (the capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan) }
{ Taichung, city,@i Taiwan,#p (a city in Taiwan) }
{ Hong_Kong, city,@i port,@i People's_Republic_of_China,#p (formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province; leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997; one of the world's leading commercial centers) }
{ Macao, Macau, possession,@i (a former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999) }
{ Indochina, Indochinese_peninsula, noun.object:peninsula,@i Southeast_Asia,#p (a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam) }
{ French_Indochina, geographical_area,@i Indochina,#p (the French colonies of the territory now occupied by Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) }

{ [ Colombia, adj.pert:Colombian,+ ] Republic_of_Colombia, South_American_country,@i noun.object:South_America,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language) }
{ Barranquilla, city,@i port,@i Colombia,#p (a port city of northern Colombia near the Caribbean on the Magdalena River) }
{ Bogota, capital_of_Colombia, national_capital,@i Colombia,#p (capital and largest city of Colombia; located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain) }
{ Cali, city,@i Colombia,#p (city in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area) }
{ Medellin, city,@i Colombia,#p (city in western Colombia; important coffee center) }
{ Cartagena1, city,@i port,@i Colombia,#p (a port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean) }
{ Soledad, city,@i Colombia,#p (a city in northern Colombia; a suburb of Barranquilla) }
{ Comoro_Islands, Iles_Comores, noun.object:archipelago,@i noun.object:Indian_Ocean,#p (three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar) }
{ Comoros, Federal_Islamic_Republic_of_the_Comoros, country,@i Comoro_Islands,#p (a country on the Comoro Islands) }
{ Congo1, Republic_of_the_Congo, French_Congo, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960) }
{ Brazzaville, national_capital,@i Republic_of_the_Congo,#p (the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo) }
{ Congo, Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo, [ Zaire, adj.pert:zairean,+ ] Belgian_Congo, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960) }
{ Goma, city,@i Congo,#p (a city in eastern Congo at the northern end of Lake Kivu near the border with Rwanda) }
{ Kananga, Luluabourg, city,@i Congo,#p (a city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg) }
{ Kinshasa, Leopoldville, national_capital,@i Congo,#p (the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville) }
{ Lubumbashi, Elisabethville, city,@i Congo,#p (a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville) }
{ [ Mesoamerica, adj.pert:mesoamerican,+ ] geographical_area,@i noun.object:North_America,#p (Mexico and Central America) }
{ Central_America, noun.object:isthmus,@i noun.object:North_America,#p Latin_America,#p noun.object:America,#p (the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia) }
{ [ Costa_Rica, adj.pert:costa_rican,+ ] Republic_of_Costa_Rica, Central_American_country,@i noun.location:Central_America,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic in Central America; one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America) }
{ San_Jose, capital_of_Costa_Rica, national_capital,@i Costa_Rica,#p (the capital and largest city of Costa Rica) }
{ Ivory_Coast, Cote_d'Ivoire, Republic_of_Cote_d'Ivoire, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa) }
{ Abidjan, city,@i Ivory_Coast,#p (city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast) }
{ Yamoussukro, national_capital,@i (capital of the Ivory Coast) }
{ [ Guatemala, adj.pert:guatemalan,+ ] Republic_of_Guatemala, Central_American_country,@i noun.location:Central_America,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable) }
{ Guatemala_City, capital_of_Guatemala, national_capital,@i Guatemala,#p (the capital and largest city of Guatemala) }
{ Belize, British_Honduras, Central_American_country,@i noun.location:Central_America,#p (a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control) }
{ Honduras, Republic_of_Honduras, Central_American_country,@i noun.location:Central_America,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan culture) }
{ Tegucigalpa, Honduran_capital, national_capital,@i Honduras,#p (the capital and largest city of Honduras) }
{ San_Pedro_Sula, city,@i Honduras,#p (industrial city in northwestern Honduras) }
{ [ El_Salvador, adj.pert:salvadorean,+ ] Republic_of_El_Salvador, Salvador, Central_American_country,@i noun.location:Central_America,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America) }
{ San_Salvador, Salvadoran_capital, national_capital,@i El_Salvador,#p (the capital and largest city of El Salvador; has suffered from recurrent earthquakes) }
{ Santa_Ana1, city,@i El_Salvador,#p (a city in western El Salvador) }
{ [ Nicaragua, adj.pert:nicaraguan,+ ] Republic_of_Nicaragua, Central_American_country,@i noun.location:Central_America,#p (a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821) }
{ Managua, capital_of_Nicaragua, Nicaraguan_capital, national_capital,@i Nicaragua,#p (the capital and largest city of Nicaragua) }
{ [ Panama, adj.pert:panamanian,+ ] Republic_of_Panama, Central_American_country,@i noun.object:Isthmus_of_Panama,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903) }
{ Panama_City, capital_of_Panama, Panamanian_capital, national_capital,@i Panama,#p (the capital and largest city of Panama) }
{ Colon, Aspinwall, city,@i port,@i Panama,#p (a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal) }
{ Panama_Canal_Zone, Canal_Zone, zone1,@i Panama,#p (a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal) }

{ Yucatan, Yucatan_Peninsula, noun.object:peninsula,@i Mexico,#p (a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea) }
{ Yucatan1, state1,@i (a state of Mexico on the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula) }
{ Merida, city,@i Yucatan1,#p (the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan) }
{ Campeche1, state1,@i (a Mexican state on the eastern part of the Gulf of Campeche) }
{ Campeche, city,@i Campeche1,#p (a Mexican city on the Bay of Campeche) }
{ Cancun, city,@i Quintana_Roo,#p (a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula) }
{ [ Mexico, adj.pert:mexican,+ ] United_Mexican_States, North_American_country,@i Mesoamerica,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810) }
{ Acapulco, Acapulco_de_Juarez, city,@i port,@i Mexico,#p (a port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico; known for beaches and water sports (including cliff diving)) }
{ Chihuahua, state1,@i (a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau) }
{ Chihuahua1, city,@i Chihuahua,#p (a city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua; commercial center of northern Mexico) }
{ Ciudad_Juarez, Juarez, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in northern Mexico on the Rio Grande opposite El Paso) }
{ Ciudad_Victoria, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in east central Mexico) }
{ Coahuila, state1,@i Mexico,#p (a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau) }
{ Culiacan, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in northwestern Mexico) }
{ Durango, Victoria_de_Durango, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in north central Mexico; mining center) }
{ Guadalajara, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in southwestern Mexico; a popular health resort and site of architecture from the Spanish colonial era) }
{ Hermosillo, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in northwestern Mexico near the Gulf of California) }
{ Leon, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in central Mexico) }
{ Matamoros, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in northeastern Mexico opposite Brownsville near the mouth of the Rio Grande) }
{ Mazatlan, city,@i port,@i Mexico,#p (a port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean; tourist center) }
{ Mexicali, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in northwestern Mexico near the California border) }
{ Mexico_City, Ciudad_de_Mexico, Mexican_capital, capital_of_Mexico, national_capital,@i Mexico,#p (the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center; one of the world's largest cities) }
{ Monterrey, city,@i Mexico,#p (an industrial city in northeastern Mexico) }
{ Nogales1, town,@i Mexico,#p (a town in northern Mexico on the border of Arizona) }
{ Oaxaca, Oaxaca_de_Juarez, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city of southeastern Mexico) }
{ Orizaba, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz); a popular resort) }
{ Puebla, Puebla_de_Zaragoza, Heroica_Puebla_de_Zaragoza, city,@i Mexico,#p noun.location:Mexico,;r (a city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau) }
{ Quintana_Roo, state1,@i Mexico,#p (a Mexican state on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula) }
{ San_Luis_Potosi, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in central Mexico) }
{ Santa_Maria_del_Tule, town,@i Mexico,#p (a town in southeastern Mexico near Oaxaca; site of Ahuehuete, a giant Montezuma cypress) }
{ Tabasco, state1,@i Mexico,#p (a Mexican state on the Gulf of Campeche) }
{ Tepic, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in west central Mexico) }
{ Tampico, city,@i port,@i Mexico,#p (a port city in eastern Mexico) }
{ Torreon, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in northern Mexico to the west of Monterrey) }
{ Tijuana, city,@i noun.object:Lower_California,#p (a Mexican city just to the south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula; popular among American tourists for racetracks and bullfights) }
{ Tuxtla_Gutierrez, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in southeastern Mexico) }
{ Veracruz, city,@i port,@i Mexico,#p (a major Mexican port on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Veracruz) }
{ Villahermosa, Villa_Hermosa, city,@i Mexico,#p (a city in southeastern Mexico; the capital of the state of Tabasco) }
{ Guadalupe_Island, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Pacific,#p (a Mexican island in the Pacific to the west of Baja California) }

{ Caribbean_Island, noun.object:island,@ noun.object:Caribbean,#p (an island in the Caribbean Sea) }
{ West_Indies, the_Indies, noun.object:archipelago,@i Caribbean,#p noun.object:Atlantic,#p (the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area) }
{ British_West_Indies, West_Indies,@ British_Empire,#m (the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad) }
{ Antilles, noun.object:archipelago,@i West_Indies,#p (a group of islands in the West Indies) }
{ French_West_Indies, region1,@i West_Indies,#p (the islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France) }
{ Greater_Antilles, noun.object:archipelago,@i Antilles,#p (a group of islands in the western West Indies) }
{ Lesser_Antilles, Caribees, noun.object:archipelago,@i Antilles,#p (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies) }
{ Netherlands_Antilles, noun.object:island,@i Lesser_Antilles,#p (a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands) }
{ Aruba, noun.object:island,@i Netherlands_Antilles,#p (a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles) }
{ Bonaire, noun.object:island,@i Netherlands_Antilles,#p (a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles) }
{ Curacao, noun.object:island,@i Netherlands_Antilles,#p (a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles) }
{ Saba, noun.object:island,@i Netherlands_Antilles,#p (a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano) }
{ Saint_Eustatius, St._Eustatius, noun.object:island,@i Netherlands_Antilles,#p (an island in the Netherlands Antilles) }
{ Leeward_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Lesser_Antilles,#p (a group of islands in the eastern West Indies) }
{ Saint_Martin, St._Martin, Saint_Maarten, St._Maarten, noun.object:island,@i Leeward_Islands,#p (an island in the western Leeward Islands; administered jointly by France and the Netherlands) }
{ Windward_Islands, Windward_Isles, noun.object:archipelago,@i Lesser_Antilles,#p (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles) }
{ [ Cuba1, adj.pert:cuban,+ ] noun.object:island,@i Greater_Antilles,#p (the largest island in the West Indies) }
{ [ Cuba, adj.pert:cuban,+ ] Republic_of_Cuba, country,@i Cuba1,#p Caribbean,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba) }
{ Havana, capital_of_Cuba, Cuban_capital, national_capital,@i Cuba,#p (the capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas) }
{ Santiago_de_Cuba, Santiago1, city,@i port,@i Cuba,#p (a port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center) }
{ Guantanamo, city,@i Cuba,#p (a city in southeastern Cuba; site of a United States naval base) }
{ Guadeloupe, noun.object:island,@i Leeward_Islands,#p French_West_Indies,#m (an island territory of France located in the eastern West Indies; tourism is the major industry) }
{ [ Hispaniola, adj.pert:hispaniolan,+ ] Haiti1, Hayti, noun.object:island,@i Greater_Antilles,#p (an island in the West Indies) }
{ [ Haiti, adj.pert:haitian,+ ] Republic_of_Haiti, country,@i Hispaniola,#p Caribbean,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere) }
{ Port-au-Prince, Haitian_capital, national_capital,@i Haiti,#p (the capital and largest city of Haiti) }
{ Dominican_Republic, country,@i Hispaniola,#p Caribbean,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola) }
{ Santo_Domingo, Ciudad_Trujillo, capital_of_the_Dominican_Republic, national_capital,@i Dominican_Republic,#p (the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic; "Santo Domingo is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the Americas with the oldest cathedral and the oldest hospital and the oldest monastery in the Western Hemisphere") }
{ Santiago_de_los_Caballeros, Santiago2, city,@i Dominican_Republic,#p (city in the northern Dominican Republic) }
{ Puerto_Rico1, Porto_Rico1, noun.object:island,@i Puerto_Rico,#p (the smallest and easternmost of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean) }
{ Puerto_Rico, Porto_Rico, Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Rico, PR, commonwealth,@i Greater_Antilles,#p Caribbean,#p (a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico) }
{ San_Juan, city,@i Puerto_Rico,#p (the capital and largest city of Puerto Rico) }
{ Culebra, noun.object:island,@i Puerto_Rico,#p (a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico with miles of beautiful beaches) }
{ Vieques, noun.object:island,@i Puerto_Rico,#p (a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico used for target practice by the United States Navy) }
{ [ Jamaica1, adj.pert:Jamaican,+ ] noun.object:island,@i Greater_Antilles,#p (an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti) }
{ [ Jamaica, adj.pert:Jamaican,+ ] country,@i Jamaica1,#p Caribbean,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism) }
{ Kingston, capital_of_Jamaica, Jamaican_capital, national_capital,@i Jamaica,#p (capital and largest city of Jamaica) }
{ Montego_Bay, city,@i port,@i Jamaica,#p (port and resort city in northwestern Jamaica) }
{ Virgin_Islands, noun.object:island,@i West_Indies,#p (a group of islands in northeastern West Indies (east of Puerto Rico) discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493; owned by United States and Britain) }
{ British_Virgin_Islands, possession,@i Virgin_Islands,#p (more than 40 northeastern Virgin Islands (15 inhabited); a dependent territory of the United Kingdom) }
{ United_States_Virgin_Islands, American_Virgin_Islands, VI, possession,@i Virgin_Islands,#p (more than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States) }
{ [ Barbados, adj.pert:barbadian,+ ] noun.object:island,@i Lesser_Antilles,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela) }
{ [ Barbados1, adj.pert:barbadian,+ ] country,@i Barbados,#p Caribbean,#p (a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area) }
{ Bridgetown, capital_of_Barbados, national_capital,@i port,@i Barbados1,#p (capital of Barbados; a port city on the southwestern coast of Barbados) }
{ [ Trinidad, adj.pert:trinidadian,+ ] noun.object:island,@i West_Indies,#p Trinidad_and_Tobago,#p (an island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela) }
{ [ Tobago, adj.pert:tobagonian,+ ] noun.object:island,@i West_Indies,#p Trinidad_and_Tobago,#p (island in West Indies) }
{ Trinidad_and_Tobago, Republic_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago, country,@i Caribbean,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (an island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962) }
{ Port_of_Spain, Port-of-Spain, capital_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago, national_capital,@i Trinidad,#p (the capital and largest city of Trinidad and Tobago on the west coast of the island of Trinidad) }
{ Cyprus1, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Mediterranean_Sea,#p (an island in the eastern Mediterranean) }
{ [ Cyprus, adj.pert:cyprian,+ ] Republic_of_Cyprus, country,@i Cyprus1,#p (a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin) }
{ Nicosia, capital_of_Cyprus, national_capital,@i Cyprus,#p (the capital and largest city of Cyprus) }

{ Czech_Republic, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993) }
{ [ Czechoslovakia, adj.pert:czechoslovakian,+ ] geographical_area,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993) }
{ Pilsen, Plzen, town,@i Czech_Republic,#p (a town in Czech Republic where Pilsner beer originated) }
{ Prague, Praha, Prag, Czech_capital, national_capital,@i Czech_Republic,#p (the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century) }
{ Austerlitz, town,@i Czech_Republic,#p (a town in Czech Republic; site of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805) }
{ Brno, Brunn, city,@i Czech_Republic,#p (an industrial city in Moravia in Czech Republic to the southeast of Prague) }
{ Ostrava, city,@i Czech_Republic,#p (an industrial city in northwestern Czech Republic in the Moravian lowlands; located in the coal mining area of Silesia) }
{ Moravia, geographical_area,@i Czech_Republic,#p (a region in the central and eastern part of the Czech Republic; it lies to the east of Bohemia and to the west of the Carpathians) }
{ [ Bohemia, adj.pert:bohemian,+ ] geographical_area,@i (a historical area and former kingdom in the Czech Republic) }
{ [ Slovakia, adj.pert:slovakian,+ ] Slovak_Republic, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from the Czech Republic in 1993) }
{ Bratislava, capital_of_Slovakia, Pressburg, Pozsony, national_capital,@i Slovakia,#p (capital and largest city of Slovakia) }
{ Benin, Republic_of_Benin, Dahomey, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control) }
{ Porto_Novo, capital_of_Benin, national_capital,@i Benin,#p (the capital of Benin in southwestern part of country on a coastal lagoon) }
{ Cotonou, city,@i port,@i Benin,#p (chief port of Benin on the Bight of Benin) }
{ Togo, Togolese_Republic, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control) }
{ Lome, capital_of_Togo, national_capital,@i Togo,#p (capital and largest city of Togo; located in the south on the Gulf of Guinea) }
{ northern_Europe, geographical_area,@ noun.object:Europe,#p (the northernmost countries of Europe) }
{ [ Scandinavia, adj.pert:scandinavian2,+ ] geographical_area,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian) }
{ [ Scandinavia1, adj.pert:scandinavian2,+ ] Scandinavian_Peninsula, noun.object:peninsula,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (the peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden) }
{ Jutland, Jylland, noun.object:peninsula,@i (peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany) }
{ Denmark, Kingdom_of_Denmark, Danmark, Scandinavian_country,@i Jutland,#p Scandinavia,#m noun.group:EU,#m noun.group:NATO,#m (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea) }
{ Zealand, Seeland, Sjaelland, noun.object:island,@i Denmark,#p (the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen) }
{ Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Danish_capital, national_capital,@i Denmark,#p (the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand; "Copenhagen is sometimes called the Paris of the North") }
{ Arhus, Aarhus, city,@i port,@i Denmark,#p (port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland) }
{ Aalborg, Alborg, city,@i port,@i Denmark,#p (a city and port in northern Jutland) }
{ Viborg, town,@i Denmark,#p (a town of Denmark in north central Jutland) }
{ [ Djibouti, adj.pert:djiboutian,+ ] Republic_of_Djibouti, Afars_and_Issas, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p Somali_peninsula,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m (a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997) }
{ Djibouti1, capital_of_Djibouti, national_capital,@i port,@i Djibouti,#p (port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city of Djibouti) }
{ Dominica1, noun.object:island,@i Windward_Islands,#p (a volcanic island in the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians) }
{ Dominica, Commonwealth_of_Dominica, country,@i Dominica1,#p Caribbean,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a country on the island of Dominica) }
{ Roseau, national_capital,@i Dominica,#p (the capital and largest city of Dominica) }
{ Equatorial_Guinea, Republic_of_Equatorial_Guinea, Spanish_Guinea, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968) }
{ Malabo, national_capital,@i Bioko,#p (the capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea) }
{ Bioko, noun.object:island,@i Equatorial_Guinea,#p noun.object:Gulf_of_Guinea,#p (an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Equatorial Guinea) }

{ [ Norway, adj.pert:norwegian,+ ] Kingdom_of_Norway, Norge, Noreg, Scandinavian_country,@i Scandinavia,#m noun.group:NATO,#m (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905) }
{ Svalbard, noun.object:archipelago,@i Norway,#p noun.object:Arctic_Ocean,#p (a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean) }
{ Spitsbergen, Spitzbergen, noun.object:island,@i Svalbard,#p (islands in the Svalbard archipelago to the east of northern Greenland; belonging to Norway) }
{ Lofoten, noun.object:archipelago,@i Norway,#p noun.object:Norwegian_Sea,#p (a string of islands off the northwestern coast of Norway in the Norwegian Sea) }
{ Oslo, Christiania, capital_of_Norway, national_capital,@i port,@i Norway,#p (the capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast) }
{ Bergen, city,@i port,@i Norway,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (a port city in southwestern Norway) }
{ Stavanger, city,@i port,@i Norway,#p (a port city in southwestern Norway; center for shipbuilding industry) }
{ Trondheim, Nidaros, city,@i port,@i Norway,#p (a port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord) }
{ Lindesnes, Naze, noun.object:cape,@i Norway,#p (a cape at the southern tip of Norway) }

{ Sweden, Kingdom_of_Sweden, Sverige, Scandinavian_country,@i Scandinavia,#m noun.group:EU,#m (a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula) }
{ Stockholm, capital_of_Sweden, national_capital,@i Sweden,#p (the capital and largest city of Sweden; located in southern Sweden on the Baltic; "the Nobel Prize is awarded in Stockholm") }
{ Malmo, city,@i port,@i Sweden,#p (a port in southern Sweden) }
{ Lund, city,@i Sweden,#p (a city in southern Sweden) }
{ Goteborg, Goeteborg, Gothenburg, city,@i port,@i Sweden,#p (a port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden) }
{ Uppsala, Upsala, city,@i Sweden,#p (a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm) }

{ Germany, Federal_Republic_of_Germany, Deutschland, FRG, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:EU,#m noun.group:NATO,#m (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990) }
{ East_Germany, German_Democratic_Republic, European_country,@i (a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990) }
{ West_Germany, Federal_Republic_of_Germany1, European_country,@i (a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea; established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat; reunified with East Germany in 1990) }
{ Saxony, Sachsen, Saxe, geographical_area,@i (an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons) }
{ Lower_Saxony, state1,@i Germany,#p (a state in northwestern Germany) }
{ Aachen, Aken, Aix-la-Chapelle, city,@i Germany,#p (a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital) }
{ [ Berlin, noun.person:berliner,+ ] German_capital, national_capital,@i Germany,#p (capital of Germany located in eastern Germany) }
{ West_Berlin, city_district,@i Berlin,#p (the part of Berlin under United States and British and French control until 1989) }
{ Bremen, city,@i Germany,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (a city of northwestern Germany linked by the Weser River to the port of Bremerhaven and the North Sea; in the Middle Ages it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League) }
{ Bremerhaven, city,@i port,@i Germany,#p (a port city in northwestern Germany at the mouth of the Weser River on the North Sea; has a deep natural harbor and is an important shipping center) }
{ Chemnitz, Karl-Marx-Stadt, city,@i Germany,#p (a city in east central Germany; formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990; noted for textile manufacturing) }
{ Dortmund, city,@i Germany,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (an industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic League) }
{ Dresden, city,@i Germany,#p (a city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945) }
{ Leipzig, city,@i Germany,#p (a city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs; formerly a music and publishing center) }
{ Solingen, city,@i Germany,#p (a city in west central Germany noted for cutlery) }
{ Weimar, city,@i Germany,#p (a German city near Leipzig; scene of the adoption in 1919 of the constitution of the Weimar Republic that lasted until 1933) }
{ [ Bavaria, adj.pert:Bavarian,+ noun.person:Bavarian,+ ] state1,@i Germany,#p (a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory) }
{ Hameln, Hamelin, town,@i Germany,#p (a town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper) }
{ Hohenlinden, town,@i Bavaria,#p (a town in Bavaria (near Munich)) }
{ Bonn, city,@i Germany,#p (a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989) }
{ Cologne, Koln, city,@i Germany,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League) }
{ Braunschweig, Brunswick, city,@i Germany,#p (a city in central Germany) }
{ Dusseldorf, city,@i Germany,#p (an industrial city in western Germany on the Rhine) }
{ Essen, city,@i Germany,#p (a city in western Germany; industrial center of the Ruhr) }
{ Frankfurt_on_the_Main, Frankfurt, Frankfort, city,@i Germany,#p (a German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center) }
{ Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale, city,@i Germany,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries) }
{ Hamburg, city,@i port,@i Germany,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League) }
{ Hannover, Hanover, city,@i port,@i Germany,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League) }
{ Lubeck, city,@i Germany,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League) }
{ Mannheim, city,@i Germany,#p (a city in southwestern Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers) }
{ Munich, Muenchen, city,@i Bavaria,#p (the capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany) }
{ Nuremberg, Nurnberg, city,@i Germany,#p (a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46)) }
{ Potsdam, city,@i Germany,#p (a city in northeastern Germany; site of the Potsdam Conference in the summer of 1945) }
{ Rostock, city,@i Germany,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (a city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century) }
{ Stuttgart, city,@i Germany,#p (a city in southwestern Germany famous for innovative architecture) }
{ Wiesbaden, city,@i spa,@i (a city in western Germany; a spa since Roman times) }
{ Wurzburg, Wuerzburg, city,@i Germany,#p (a city of south central Germany) }
{ Rhineland, Rheinland, geographical_area,@i Germany,#p (a picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river) }
{ Palatinate, Pfalz, district,@i Germany,#p (a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine) }
{ Brandenburg, geographical_area,@i Prussia,#p (the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701) }
{ [ Prussia, adj.pert:prussian,+ ] Preussen, geographical_area,@i Germany,#p Poland,#p (a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland; "in the 19th century Prussia led the economic and political unification of the German states") }
{ Ruhr, Ruhr_Valley, geographical_area,@i Germany,#p (a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany) }
{ Thuringia, geographical_area,@i Germany,#p (a historical region of southern Germany) }

{ East_Timor, country,@i Southeast_Asia,#p Timor,#p (a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation) }

{ [ Ecuador, adj.pert:ecuadorian,+ ] Republic_of_Ecuador, South_American_country,@i noun.object:South_America,#p noun.group:OAS,#m noun.group:OPEC,#m (a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes) }
{ Guayaquil, city,@i Ecuador,#p (the largest city of Ecuador) }
{ Quito, capital_of_Ecuador, national_capital,@i Ecuador,#p (the capital of Ecuador) }
{ Galapagos_Islands, Galapagos, noun.object:island,@i Ecuador,#p (a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life) }
{ [ Eritrea, adj.pert:eritrean,+ ] State_of_Eritrea, African_country,@i Somali_peninsula,#p (an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993) }
{ Asmara, Asmera, national_capital,@i Eritrea,#p (the capital of Eritrea) }
{ Massawa, town,@i port,@i Eritrea,#p (a port town in Eritrea on an inlet of the Red Sea) }
{ [ Ethiopia, adj.pert:ethiopian,+ ] Federal_Democratic_Republic_of_Ethiopia, Yaltopya, Abyssinia, African_country,@i Somali_peninsula,#p noun.object:Africa,#p (Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia) }
{ Addis_Ababa, New_Flower, capital_of_Ethiopia, national_capital,@i Ethiopia,#p (the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city; located in central Ethiopia) }
{ Fiji_Islands, Fijis, noun.object:island,@i Melanesia,#p (a group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coral) }
{ Viti_Levu, noun.object:island,@i Fiji_Islands,#p (a volcanic island in the Fijis) }
{ Vanua_Levu, noun.object:island,@i Fiji_Islands,#p (a volcanic island in the Fijis) }
{ [ Fiji, adj.pert:fijian,+ ] Republic_of_Fiji, country,@i Fiji_Islands,#p (an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands) }
{ Suva, national_capital,@i Fiji,#p (the capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island)) }
{ Finland, Republic_of_Finland, Suomi, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:EU,#m (republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917) }
{ Karelia, geographical_area,@i Finland,#p Russia4,#p (a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea) }
{ Helsinki, Helsingfors, capital_of_Finland, Finnish_capital, national_capital,@i port,@i Finland,#p (the capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center) }
{ Espoo, city,@i Finland,#p (a city in southern Finland) }
{ Tampere, Tammerfors, city,@i Finland,#p (an industrial city in south central Finland) }
{ Aland_islands, Aaland_islands, Ahvenanmaa, noun.object:archipelago,@i noun.object:Gulf_of_Bothnia,#p Finland,#p (an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control) }
{ Mariehamn, Maarianhamina, town,@i port,@i Finland,#p (a town that is the chief port of the Aland islands) }

{ Greece, Hellenic_Republic, Ellas, Balkan_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:EU,#m noun.group:NATO,#m (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil) }
{ Greece1, Balkan_country,@ (ancient Greece; a country of city-states (especially Athens and Sparta) that reached its peak in the fifth century BCE) }
{ Achaea, region,@i Greece,#p (a region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese) }
{ Aegean_island, noun.object:island,@ noun.object:Aegean_Sea,#p (an island in the Aegean Sea) }
{ Aegina, Aigina, Aegean_island,@i Greece,#p (an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf) }
{ [ Chios, adj.pert:chian,+ ] Khios, Aegean_island,@i Greece,#p (an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece) }
{ Cyclades, Kikladhes, Aegean_island,@i Greece,#p (a group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean) }
{ Dodecanese, Dhodhekanisos, Aegean_island,@i Greece,#p (a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea) }
{ Doris, region,@i Greece,#p (a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken) }
{ Lesbos, Lesvos, Mytilene, Aegean_island,@i Greece,#p Aeolis,#p (an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry) }
{ Rhodes, Rodhos, Aegean_island,@i Dodecanese,#p Greece,#p (a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes) }
{ Aeolis, Aeolia, noun.object:seashore,@i Asia_Minor,#p (an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC) }
{ Crete, Kriti, noun.object:island,@i Greece,#p noun.object:Mediterranean_Sea,#p (the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC) }
{ Knossos, Cnossos, Cnossus, town,@i (an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC) }
{ Ithaca, Ithaki, noun.object:island,@i Greece,#p (a Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king) }
{ Egadi_Islands, Aegadean_Isles, Aegadean_Islands, Isole_Egadi, Aegates, noun.object:island,@i Sicily,#p noun.object:Mediterranean_Sea,#p (a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean) }
{ Athos, Mount_Athos, district,@i Greece,#p (an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century) }
{ [ Athens, adj.pert:athenian,+ ] Athinai, capital_of_Greece, Greek_capital, national_capital,@i Greece,#p (the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess); "in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city") }
{ Areopagus, noun.object:hill,@i Athens,#p (a hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court) }
{ Dipylon_gate, [ Dipylon, adj.pert:dipylon,+ ] noun.artifact:gate,@i Athens,#p (a gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found) }
{ Actium, town,@i Greece,#p (an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece) }
{ Attica, district,@i Greece,#p (the territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken) }
{ [ Corinth, adj.pert:corinthian,+ ] Korinthos, city,@i port,@i Greece,#p (the modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens) }
{ [ Argos, adj.pert:Argive,+ noun.person:Argive,+ ] city,@i Greece,#p (an ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC) }
{ [ Delphi, adj.pert:delphian,+ ] city,@i Greece,#p (an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the oracle of Delphi) }
{ [ Mycenae, adj.pert:mycenaean,+ ] city,@i Greece,#p (an ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization during the late Bronze Age) }
{ [ Sparta, adj.pert:spartan,+ ] city,@i Peloponnese,#p (an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC) }
{ Epirus, geographical_area,@i Greece,#p Albania,#p (an ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC; located in northwestern Greece and southern Albania) }
{ Laconia, geographical_area,@i Greece,#p (an ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus; dominated by Sparta) }
{ Lycia, geographical_area,@i Asia_Minor,#p (an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor) }
{ Lydia, geographical_area,@i Asia_Minor,#p (an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC) }
{ Nemea, noun.object:valley,@i Greece,#p (a valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held) }
{ Ephesus, city,@i Asia_Minor,#p (an ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the Temple of Artemis; was a major trading center and played an important role in early Christianity) }
{ Patras, Patrai, city,@i port,@i (a port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages) }
{ [ Troy, adj.pert:trojan,+ ] Ilion, Ilium, city,@i Asia_Minor,#p (an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War) }
{ Thebes, city,@i Boeotia,#p (an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC) }
{ [ Boeotia, adj.pert:boeotian,+ ] district,@i Greece,#p (a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens) }
{ Plataea, town,@i Boeotia,#p (a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC) }
{ Thessaloniki, Salonika, Salonica, Thessalonica, city,@i port,@i Greece,#p (a port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece) }
{ Stagira, Stagirus, town,@i Greece,#p (an ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born) }
{ Thessalia, Thessaly, geographical_area,@i Greece,#p (a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece) }
{ Cynoscephalae, region,@i Thessalia,#p (the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians) }
{ Arcadia, geographical_area,@i Greece,#p (a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese) }
{ Peloponnese, [ Peloponnesus, adj.pert:peloponnesian,+ ] Peloponnesian_Peninsula, noun.object:peninsula,@i Greece,#p (the southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC) }
{ Lemnos, Limnos, noun.object:island,@i Greece,#p noun.object:Aegean,#p (a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties) }
{ [ Olympia1, adj.pert:olympic1,+ ] noun.object:plain,@i Peloponnese,#p (a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games) }
{ Middle_East, Mideast, Near_East, geographical_area,@i (the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization") }
{ Mashriq, Middle_East,@i noun.communication:Arabic,;c (Arabic name for the Middle East) }
{ Fertile_Crescent, geographical_area,@i Middle_East,#p (a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates) }

{ Israel1, kingdom1,@i Middle_East,#p (an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC) }
{ Israel, State_of_Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion, country,@i Middle_East,#p (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine) }
{ Acre, Akko, Akka, Accho, town,@i port,@i Israel,#p (a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean) }
{ West_Bank, geographical_area,@i Israel,#p (an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river; populated largely by Palestinians) }
{ Nablus, city,@i West_Bank,#p (an ancient city in the West Bank to the north of Jerusalem; the home of Jacob in biblical times) }
{ [ Galilee, adj.pert:galilean,+ adj.pert:galilean1,+ adj.pert:galilaean,+ ] geographical_area,@i Israel,#p (an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry) }
{ Nazareth, town,@i Galilee,#p (a historic town in northern Israel that is mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary) }
{ Gaza_Strip, Gaza, geographical_area,@i Israel,#p (a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt; "he is a Palestinian from Gaza") }
{ Golan_Heights, Golan, geographical_area,@i Israel,#p (a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria; "artillery on the Golan Heights can dominate a large area of Israel") }
{ Jerusalem, capital_of_Israel, national_capital,@i Israel,#p (capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom) }
{ Bethlehem, Bayt_Lahm, Bethlehem_Ephrathah, Bethlehem-Judah, town,@i West_Bank,#p (a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born) }
{ Caesarea, seaport,@i Israel,#p (an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine) }
{ Sodom, city,@i Israel,#p noun.communication:Old_Testament,;c ((Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants) }
{ sodom1, noun.Tops:location,@ (any location known for vice and corruption) }
{ Gomorrah, Gomorrha, city,@i Israel,#p noun.communication:Old_Testament,;c ((Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants) }
{ Calvary, Golgotha, noun.object:hill,@i Jerusalem,#p (a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified) }
{ Zion2, Sion2, noun.object:hill,@i Jerusalem,#p (originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem; "the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'") }

{ Cotswolds, Cotswold_Hills, noun.object:hill,@i England,#p (a range of low hills in southwestern England) }
{ Cheviots, Cheviot_Hills, noun.object:hill,@i England,#p Scotland,#p (a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland) }
{ Pennines, Pennine_Chain, noun.object:hill,@i England,#p (a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers) }
{ Seven_Hills_of_Rome, noun.object:hill,@i Rome,#p (the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built) }
{ Palatine, noun.object:hill,@i Seven_Hills_of_Rome,#p (the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces) }
{ Wailing_Wall, noun.artifact:wall,@i Jerusalem,#p (a wall in Jerusalem; sacred to Jews as a place of prayer and lamentation; its stones are believed to have formed part of the Temple of Solomon) }
{ Tel_Aviv, Tel_Aviv-Yalo, Tel_Aviv-Jaffa, city,@i Israel,#p (the largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean) }
{ Hefa, Haifa, city,@i port,@i Israel,#p (a major port in northwestern Israel) }
{ Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo, city,@i port,@i Tel_Aviv,#p (a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950) }
{ [ Palestine, adj.pert:palestinian,+ ] Canaan, Holy_Land, Promised_Land2, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism) }
{ [ Palestine1, adj.pert:palestinian,+ ] mandate,@i (a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948) }
{ Judah, Juda, geographical_region,@i Palestine,#p (an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center) }
{ Judea, Judaea, geographical_region,@i Palestine,#p (the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ) }
{ Samaria, city,@i Palestine,#p (an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan) }
{ Philistia, geographical_region,@i Palestine,#p (an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times) }

{ Roman_Republic, noun.group:republic1,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar) }
{ Roman_Empire, empire,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.object:Africa,#p noun.object:Asia,#p (an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome) }
{ Byzantine_Empire, Byzantium1, Eastern_Roman_Empire, geographical_area,@i Roman_Empire,#p (a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395) }
{ Western_Roman_Empire, Western_Empire, geographical_area,@i Roman_Empire,#p (the western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395; it lasted only until 476) }
{ Byzantium, city,@i Byzantine_Empire,#p (an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital) }
{ Italian_Peninsula, noun.object:peninsula,@i Italy,#p (a boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea) }
{ Ticino, Tessin, Swiss_canton,@i Switzerland,#p (an Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland) }

{ [ Italy, adj.pert:italian,+ ] Italian_Republic, Italia, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:EU,#m noun.group:NATO,#m (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD) }
{ Italian_region, state1,@ (Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes) }
{ Pompeii, city,@i Italy,#p (ancient city to the southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius) }
{ Herculaneum, city,@i Italy,#p (ancient city; now destroyed) }
{ Abruzzi, Abruzzi_e_Molise, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (a mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic) }
{ Aquila, L'Aquila, Aquila_degli_Abruzzi, city,@i Abruzzi,#p (the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy) }
{ Basilicata, Lucania, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p noun.location:Italy,;r (a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot')) }
{ Bolzano, city,@i Italy,#p (an Italian city in Trentino-Alto Adige near the Austrian border; noted as a resort and for its Alpine scenery) }
{ Brescia, city,@i Italy,#p (an ancient Italian city in central Lombardy) }
{ Calabria, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p noun.location:Italy,;r (a region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot')) }
{ Campania, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (a region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia) }
{ Ferrara, city,@i Italy,#p (a city in northern Italy; "in the 13th century Ferrara was a center of Renaissance learning and the arts") }
{ [ Naples, adj.pert:neapolitan,+ ] Napoli, city,@i port,@i Campania,#p (a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region) }
{ Messina, city,@i port,@i Sicily,#p (a port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina) }
{ Capri, noun.object:island,@i Campania,#p (an island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful scenery) }
{ Ischia, noun.object:island,@i Campania,#p (a volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples) }
{ Emilia-Romagna, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (a region of north central Italy on the Adriatic) }
{ Bologna, city,@i Emilia-Romagna,#p (the capital of Emilia-Romagna; located in northern Italy to the east of the Apennines) }
{ Friuli-Venezia_Giulia, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (a region in northeastern Italy) }
{ Latium, Lazio, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (an ancient region of west central Italy (southeast of Rome) on the Tyrrhenian Sea) }
{ Rome, Roma, Eternal_City, Italian_capital, capital_of_Italy, national_capital,@i Italy,#p (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire) }
{ Lateran, site,@i Rome,#p (the site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace) }
{ Anzio, town,@i Italy,#p (a town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea; the Allies established a beachhead at Anzio in World War II) }
{ Brindisi, city,@i port,@i Italy,#p (a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages) }
{ Tivoli, Tibur, town,@i Italy,#p (a town twenty miles to the east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name); a summer resort during the Roman empire; noted for its waterfalls) }
{ Liguria, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (region of northwestern Italy on the Ligurian Sea) }
{ Genoa, Genova, city,@i Liguria,#p (a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria) }
{ Lombardy, Lombardia, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland) }
{ Cremona, city,@i Lombardy,#p (a city in Lombardy on the Po River; noted for the manufacture of fine violins from the 16th to the 18th centuries) }
{ La_Spezia, city,@i port,@i Liguria,#p (a port city in Liguria on an arm of the Ligurian Sea; a major seaport and year-round resort) }
{ Milan, Milano, city,@i Lombardy,#p (the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages) }
{ Marche, Marches, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (a region in central Italy) }
{ Molise, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (a region of south central Italy) }
{ Papal_States, district,@i Italy,#p (the temporal dominions belonging to the pope (especially in central Italy)) }
{ Piedmont, Piemonte, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley) }
{ Pisa, city,@i Tuscany,#p (a city in Tuscany; site of the famous Leaning Tower) }
{ Syracuse, Siracusa, city,@i Sicily,#p (a city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC) }
{ Turin, Torino, city,@i Piemonte,#p (capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy) }
{ Puglia, Apulia, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (a region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic) }
{ Bari, city,@i Apulia,#p (capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast) }
{ [ Sardinia1, adj.pert:sardinian,+ ] Sardegna1, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Mediterranean,#p (an island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy) }
{ Sardinia, Sardegna, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (the Italian region on the island of Sardinia; the kingdom of Sardinia was the nucleus for uniting Italy during the 19th century) }
{ [ Sicily1, adj.pert:sicilian,+ ] Sicilia1, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Mediterranean,#p (the largest island in the Mediterranean) }
{ Sicily, Sicilia, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (the Italian region on the island of Sicily) }
{ Palermo, city,@i port,@i Sicily,#p (the capital of Sicily; located in northwestern Sicily; an important port for 3000 years) }
{ Cape_Passero, Passero_Cape, noun.object:cape,@i Sicily1,#p (a cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily) }
{ Agrigento, Acragas, town,@i Sicily,#p (a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples) }
{ [ Tuscany, adj.pert:tuscan,+ ] Toscana, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (a region in central Italy) }
{ Firenze, Florence, city,@i Toscana,#p (a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries) }
{ Trentino-Alto_Adige, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (a region of northeastern Italy bordering Austria) }
{ Trento, Trent, city,@i Trentino-Alto_Adige,#p (a city in northern Italy (northwest of Venice) on the River Adige; the site of the Council of Trent) }
{ Umbria, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (a mountainous region in central Italy) }
{ Valle_D'Aosta, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (a region in northwestern Italy) }
{ Veneto, Venezia-Euganea, Venetia, Italian_region,@i Italy,#p (a region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic) }
{ Padua, Padova, Patavium, city,@i Veneto,#p (a city in Veneto) }
{ [ Venice, adj.pert:venetian,+ ] Venezia, city,@i Veneto,#p (the provincial capital of Veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice; has canals instead of streets; one of Italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction) }
{ Grand_Canal1, noun.artifact:canal,@i Venice,#p (the major waterway in Venice, Italy) }
{ Verona, city,@i Veneto,#p (a city in Veneto on the River Adige) }
{ Etruria, country,@i Italy,#p (an ancient country in central Italy; assimilated by the Romans by about 200 BC) }

{ [ Romania, adj.pert:romanian,+ ] [ Roumania, adj.pert:roumanian,+ ] [ Rumania, adj.pert:rumanian,+ ] European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea) }
{ Brasov, city,@i Romania,#p (a city in central Romania in the foothills of the Transylvanian Alps) }
{ Bucharest, Bucharesti, Bucuresti, capital_of_Romania, national_capital,@i Romania,#p (national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania) }
{ Constantina, city,@i Romania,#p (a Romanian resort city on the Black Sea) }
{ Transylvania, region,@i (a historical plateau region in northwestern Romania that is separated from the rest of the country by the Transylvanian Alps; originally part of Hungary; incorporated into Romania at the end of World War I) }

{ Rwanda, Rwandese_Republic, Ruanda, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p East_Africa,#p (a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony) }
{ Kigali, capital_of_Rwanda, national_capital,@i Rwanda,#p (the national capital and largest city of Rwanda; located in central Rwanda) }

{ Yugoslavia1, European_country,@i (a former country of southeastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea; formed in 1918 and named Yugoslavia in 1929; controlled by Marshal Tito as a communist state until his death in 1980; "Tito's Yugoslavia included Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro") }

{ [ Croatia, adj.pert:croatian,+ ] Republic_of_Croatia, Hrvatska, European_country,@i Balkan_Peninsula,#p (a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991) }

{ Serbia_and_Montenegro, Union_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro, [ Yugoslavia, adj.pert:yugoslavian,+ ] Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia, Jugoslavija, European_country,@i (a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro) }
{ Kosovo, state1,@i Serbia,#p (a Serbian province in southern Serbia and Montenegro populated predominantly by Albanians) }
{ [ Serbia, adj.pert:serbian,+ ] Srbija, geographical_region,@i Serbia_and_Montenegro,#p (a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries) }
{ Montenegro, Crna_Gora, geographical_region,@i Serbia_and_Montenegro,#p (a former country bordering on the Adriatic Sea; now part of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro) }
{ Belgrade, Beograd, capital_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro, national_capital,@i Serbia_and_Montenegro,#p Serbia,#p (capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro; situated on the Danube) }

{ Bosnia_and_Herzegovina, Republic_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina, Bosna_i_Hercegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, [ Bosnia, adj.pert:bosnian,+ ] European_country,@i (a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims) }
{ Bosnia1, state1,@i Bosnia_and_Herzegovina,#p (the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina) }
{ Sarajevo, city,@i Bosnia-Herzegovina,#p (capital and largest city of Bosnia; scene of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand in 1914 which precipitated World War I) }

{ [ Slovenia, adj.pert:slovenian,+ ] Republic_of_Slovenia, Slovenija, European_country,@i (a mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991) }
{ Ljubljana, national_capital,@i Slovenia,#p (the capital of Slovenia) }

{ Dubrovnik, Ragusa, city,@i port,@i Croatia,#p (a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center) }
{ Split, city,@i Croatia,#p (an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea) }
{ Zagreb, national_capital,@i Croatia,#p (the capital of Croatia) }
{ [ Dalmatia, adj.pert:dalmatian,+ ] geographical_region,@i (a historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea; mountainous with many islands) }
{ Greenland, Gronland, Kalaallit_Nunaat, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Atlantic,#p noun.object:Arctic_Ocean,#p (the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark) }
{ Baffin_Island, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Arctic_Ocean,#p Canada,#p (the 5th largest island and the largest island of Arctic Canada; lies between Greenland and Hudson Bay) }
{ Labrador, geographical_area,@i Newfoundland_and_Labrador,#p noun.object:Labrador-Ungava_Peninsula,#p (the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada) }
{ [ Canada, adj.pert:canadian,+ ] North_American_country,@i noun.object:North_America,#p noun.group:British_Commonwealth,#m British_Empire,#m noun.group:NATO,#m (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world") }
{ Acadia, district,@i Maritime_Provinces,#p (the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces) }
{ Laurentian_Plateau, Laurentian_Highlands, Canadian_Shield, noun.object:tableland,@i Canada,#p (a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean) }
{ Maritime_Provinces, Maritimes, Canadian_Maritime_Provinces, geographical_area,@i Canada,#p (the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) }
{ Canadian_province, state1,@ (Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes) }
{ Alberta, Canadian_province,@i Canada,#p (one of the three prairie provinces in western Canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals) }
{ Banff, city,@i Alberta,#p (a popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies) }
{ Calgary, city,@i Alberta,#p (the largest city in southern Alberta; an oil and gas center and a technology center for Alberta and most of western Canada) }
{ Edmonton, provincial_capital,@i Alberta,#p (the capital of the province of Alberta) }
{ British_Columbia, Canadian_province,@i Canada,#p (a province in western Canada) }
{ Nanaimo, town,@i British_Columbia,#p (a town in southwestern British Columbia on Vancouver Island to the west of Vancouver) }
{ Victoria, provincial_capital,@i port,@i British_Columbia,#p (capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island) }
{ Vancouver, city,@i port,@i British_Columbia,#p (a port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island; Canada's chief Pacific port and third largest city) }
{ Vancouver_Island, noun.object:island,@i British_Columbia,#p noun.location:British_Columbia,;r (an island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia); the largest island off the west coast of North America) }
{ Manitoba, Canadian_province,@i Canada,#p (one of the three prairie provinces in central Canada) }
{ Winnipeg, provincial_capital,@i Manitoba,#p (the capital and largest city of Manitoba; located in southern Manitoba; known for severe winters) }
{ Churchill, town,@i Manitoba,#p (a Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important port for shipping grain) }
{ New_Brunswick, Canadian_province,@i Maritime_Provinces,#p (a province in southeastern Canada) }
{ Fredericton, provincial_capital,@i New_Brunswick,#p (the provincial capital of New Brunswick) }
{ Saint_John, St._John, city,@i port,@i New_Brunswick,#p (a port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick) }
{ Newfoundland_and_Labrador, Canadian_province,@i Canada,#p (a Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949) }
{ Newfoundland1, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Atlantic,#p (an island in the north Atlantic) }
{ Saint_John's, St._John's, provincial_capital,@i port,@i Newfoundland_and_Labrador,#p (a port and provincial capital of Newfoundland) }
{ Northwest_Territories, district,@i Canada,#p (a large territory in northwestern Canada; part is now Nunavut) }
{ Nunavut, district,@i Canada,#p (an Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago; "Nunavut is the homeland of the Inuit people") }
{ Arctic_Archipelago, noun.object:archipelago,@i Canada,#p (all the islands that lie to the north of mainland Canada and the Arctic Circle) }
{ Yellowknife, town,@i Northwest_Territories,#p (a town in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada on the Great Slave Lake) }
{ Nova_Scotia, Canadian_province,@i Maritime_Provinces,#p (the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns) }
{ Cape_Breton_Island, noun.object:island,@i Nova_Scotia,#p (an island that forms the northeastern part of Nova Scotia) }
{ Nova_Scotia1, noun.object:peninsula,@i Nova_Scotia,#p (a peninsula in eastern Canada between the Bay of Fundy and the Saint Lawrence River) }
{ Halifax, provincial_capital,@i Nova_Scotia,#p (provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia) }
{ Ontario, Canadian_province,@i Canada,#p (a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada) }
{ Ottawa, Canadian_capital, capital_of_Canada, national_capital,@i Ontario,#p (the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec)) }
{ Hamilton, city,@i port,@i Ontario,#p (a port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario) }
{ Kingston2, town,@i Ontario,#p (a town in southeast Ontario on Lake Ontario near the head of the Saint Lawrence River) }
{ Sault_Sainte_Marie, town,@i Ontario,#p (a town of southern Ontario opposite northern Michigan) }
{ Sudbury, city,@i Ontario,#p (a city in south central Canada in Ontario; a major nickel mining center) }
{ Thunder_Bay, city,@i port,@i Ontario,#p (a port city in Ontario on Lake Superior) }
{ Toronto, provincial_capital,@i Ontario,#p noun.location:Canada,;r (the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)) }
{ Windsor, city,@i (a city in southeastern Ontario on the Detroit River opposite Detroit) }
{ Prince_Edward_Island, Canadian_province,@i Maritime_Provinces,#p (an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; the smallest province of Canada) }
{ Charlottetown, provincial_capital,@i Prince_Edward_Island,#p (the provincial capital and largest city of Prince Edward Island) }
{ Quebec, Canadian_province,@i Canada,#p (the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British) }
{ Quebec1, Quebec_City, provincial_capital,@i Quebec,#p (the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River) }
{ Montreal, city,@i Quebec,#p (a city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River; the largest city in Quebec and 2nd largest in Canada; the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world) }
{ Saskatchewan, Canadian_province,@i Canada,#p (one of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada; "vast fields of wheat grow on Saskatchewan's prairies") }
{ Regina, provincial_capital,@i Saskatchewan,#p (the provincial capital of Saskatchewan) }
{ Saskatoon, city,@i Saskatchewan,#p (a city in central Saskatchewan; the largest city in the province) }
{ Dawson, town,@i Yukon,#p (a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike) }
{ Yukon, Yukon_Territory, district,@i Canada,#p (a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s) }
{ Klondike, geographical_area,@i Yukon,#p (a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910) }
{ Whitehorse, provincial_capital,@i Yukon,#p (the provincial capital of the Yukon Territory) }

{ [ Australia, adj.pert:australian,+ ] Commonwealth_of_Australia, country,@i noun.object:Australia,#p noun.group:British_Commonwealth,#m British_Empire,#m (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony) }
{ Canberra, Australian_capital, capital_of_Australia, national_capital,@i Australia,#p (the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia) }
{ Australian_state, state1,@ Australia,#p (one of the several states constituting Australia) }
{ Queensland, Australian_state,@i Australia,#p (a state in northeastern Australia) }
{ Brisbane, state_capital,@i Queensland,#p (capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific; settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in Australia) }
{ New_South_Wales, Australian_state,@i Australia,#p (an Australian state in southeastern Australia) }
{ Sydney, state_capital,@i New_South_Wales,#p (the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port) }
{ Wagga_Wagga, town,@i New_South_Wales,#p (a town on the Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales; agricultural trading center) }
{ Victoria1, Australian_state,@i Australia,#p (a state in southeastern Australia) }
{ Melbourne, state_capital,@i Victoria1,#p (the capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian city; a financial and commercial center) }
{ [ Tasmania, adj.pert:tasmanian,+ ] noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Australia,#p (an island off the southeastern coast of Australia) }
{ [ Tasmania1, adj.pert:tasmanian,+ ] Australian_state,@i Australia,#p (an Australian state on the island of Tasmania) }
{ Hobart, state_capital,@i port,@i Tasmania1,#p (a port and state capital of Tasmania) }
{ South_Australia, Australian_state,@i Australia,#p (a state in south central Australia) }
{ Adelaide, state_capital,@i South_Australia,#p (the state capital of South Australia) }
{ Western_Australia, Australian_state,@i Australia,#p (a state containing the western third of Australia) }
{ Perth, state_capital,@i Western_Australia,#p (the state capital of Western Australia) }
{ Northern_Territory, district,@i Australia,#p (a territory in north central Australia) }
{ Darwin, provincial_capital,@i Northern_Territory,#p (provincial capital of the Northern Territory of Australia) }
{ Norfolk_Island, noun.object:island,@i Australia,#p (an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal colony) }
{ Nullarbor_Plain, noun.object:plain,@i Australia,#p (a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center) }

{ Aleutian_Islands, Aleutians, noun.object:archipelago,@i noun.object:Pacific,#p Alaska,#p (an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska) }
{ Oceania, Oceanica, noun.object:archipelago,@i noun.object:Pacific,#p (a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)) }
{ [ Australasia, adj.pert:australasian,+ ] noun.object:archipelago,@i noun.object:Pacific,#p (Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific) }
{ [ Austronesia, adj.pert:austronesian,+ ] noun.object:archipelago,@i noun.object:Pacific,#p noun.location:Polynesia,;r (islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia)) }
{ Melanesia, noun.object:archipelago,@i Austronesia,#p Oceania,#p (the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania) }
{ Micronesia1, noun.object:archipelago,@i Austronesia,#p Oceania,#p (the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania) }
{ Micronesia, Federated_States_of_Micronesia, TT, country,@i Micronesia1,#p (a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986) }
{ Kolonia, national_capital,@i Micronesia,#p (capital of Micronesia) }
{ Mariana_Islands, Marianas, Ladrone_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Micronesia,#p (a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521) }
{ Northern_Marianas, Northern_Mariana_Islands, district,@i Mariana_Islands,#p (a self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana Islands except Guam) }
{ Saipan, noun.object:island,@i Northern_Marianas,#p (the largest island in the Northern Marianas and the administrative center of the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in union with the United States) }
{ Guam, GU, noun.object:island,@i Mariana_Islands,#p (the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898) }
{ Wake_Island, Wake, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Pacific,#p (an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii) }
{ Caroline_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Micronesia,#p (a long archipelago of more than 500 islands in Micronesia to the east of the Philippines) }
{ Marshall_Islands1, noun.object:archipelago,@i Micronesia,#p (a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia) }
{ Marshall_Islands, Republic_of_the_Marshall_Islands, country,@i Marshall_Islands1,#p noun.location:US,;r (a republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands) }
{ Bikini, noun.object:atoll,@i Marshall_Islands1,#p (an atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons) }
{ Eniwetok, noun.object:atoll,@i Marshall_Islands1,#p (an atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs) }
{ Kwajalein, noun.object:atoll,@i Marshall_Islands1,#p (an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II) }
{ Gilbert_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Kiribati,#p (a group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of Kiribati in 1979) }
{ Tuvalu1, Ellice_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Micronesia,#p (a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii) }
{ Tuvalu, country,@i Tuvalu1,#p (a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978) }
{ Funafuti, national_capital,@i Tuvalu,#p (capital of Tuvalu) }
{ Kiribati, Republic_of_Kiribati, country,@i Micronesia,#p (an island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator) }
{ Tarawa, Bairiki, national_capital,@i Kiribati,#p (national capital of Kiribati) }
{ Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands, possession,@i Micronesia,#p (a former British possession in Micronesia) }
{ [ Nauru1, adj.pert:nauruan,+ ] Nauru_Island, Pleasant_Island, noun.object:island,@i Micronesia,#p (a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands) }
{ Nauru, Republic_of_Nauru, country,@i Nauru_Island,#p (an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy) }
{ Polynesia, noun.object:archipelago,@i Austronesia,#p Oceania,#p (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania) }
{ Malay_Archipelago, East_Indies, [ East_India, adj.pert:east_indian,+ ] noun.object:archipelago,@i noun.object:Pacific,#p (a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia) }
{ Sunda_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Malay_Archipelago,#p (a chain of islands in the western Malay Archipelago) }
{ Greater_Sunda_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Sunda_Islands,#p (a chain of islands including Borneo and Celebes and Java and Sumatra) }
{ Lesser_Sunda_Islands, Nusa_Tenggara, noun.object:archipelago,@i Sunda_Islands,#p (a chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia to the east of Java; includes Bali and Timor) }
{ Bismarck_Archipelago, noun.object:archipelago,@i Melanesia,#p Papua_New_Guinea,#p (a group of islands in the southwestern Pacific to the northeast of New Guinea; part of Papua New Guinea) }
{ Admiralty_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Bismarck_Archipelago,#p (a group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago) }
{ Borneo, Kalimantan, noun.object:island,@i Malay_Archipelago,#p (3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago) }
{ Bougainville, noun.object:island,@i Solomon_Islands,#p Papua_New_Guinea,#p (the largest of the Solomon Islands; a province of Papua New Guinea) }
{ Guadalcanal, noun.object:island,@i Solomon_Islands1,#p (a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth) }
{ New_Britain, noun.object:island,@i Bismarck_Archipelago,#p (the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago; part of Papua New Guinea) }
{ [ New_Caledonia, adj.pert:new_caledonian,+ ] noun.object:island,@i Melanesia,#p (an island to the to the east of Australia and to the north of New Zealand) }
{ New_Guinea, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Pacific,#p (a Pacific island to the north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; the western part is governed by Indonesia and the eastern part is Papua New Guinea) }
{ Papua_New_Guinea, Independent_State_of_Papua_New_Guinea, country,@i New_Guinea,#p noun.group:Commonwealth_of_Nations,#m (a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations) }
{ [ Papua, adj.pert:Papuan,+ ] region,@ Papua_New_Guinea,#p (the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea) }
{ Port_Moresby, capital_of_Papua_New_Guinea, national_capital,@i Papua_New_Guinea,#p (the administrative capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea) }
{ New_Ireland, noun.object:island,@i Bismarck_Archipelago,#p (an island in the Bismarck Archipelago; part of Papua New Guinea) }

{ Austria-Hungary, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a geographical area in central and eastern Europe; broken into separate countries at the end of World War I) }
{ [ Austria, adj.pert:austrian,+ ] Republic_of_Austria, Oesterreich, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:EU,#m (a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century) }
{ [ Tyrol, adj.pert:tyrolean,+ ] Tirol, state1,@i Austria,#p Italy,#p (a picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy) }
{ Vienna, Austrian_capital, capital_of_Austria, national_capital,@i Austria,#p (the capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss) }
{ Graz, city,@i Austria,#p (an industrial city is southeastern Austria) }
{ Linz, Lentia, city,@i Austria,#p (city in northern Austria on the Danube; noted as a cultural center) }
{ Salzburg, city,@i Austria,#p (city in western Austria; a music center and birthplace of Mozart) }
{ Innsbruck, city,@i Austria,#p (city in southwestern Austria; known as a summer and winter resort) }
{ Wagram, town,@i Austria,#p (a town in northeastern Austria) }

{ [ Bahamas, adj.pert:bahamian,+ ] Commonwealth_of_the_Bahamas, Bahama_Islands, country,@i West_Indies,#p Caribbean,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort) }
{ Nassau, capital_of_the_Bahamas, national_capital,@i Bahamas,#p (the capital of the Bahamas) }

{ Arabian_Peninsula, [ Arabia, adj.pert:arabian1,+ ] noun.object:peninsula,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources) }
{ Bahrain, State_of_Bahrain, Bahrein, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p Gulf_States1,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m (an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s) }
{ Bahrain1, Bahrain_Island, Bahrein1, Bahrein_Island, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Persian_Gulf,#p (an island in the Persian Gulf) }
{ Manama, capital_of_Bahrain, national_capital,@i Bahrain,#p (the capital of Bahrain; located at the northern end of Bahrain Island) }
{ Bangladesh, People's_Republic_of_Bangladesh, Bangla_Desh, East_Pakistan, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971) }
{ Dhaka, Dacca, capital_of_Bangladesh, national_capital,@i Bangladesh,#p (the capital and largest city of Bangladesh) }
{ Chittagong, city,@i port,@i Bangladesh,#p (a port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal) }

{ Flanders, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands) }
{ [ Belgium, adj.pert:belgian,+ ] Kingdom_of_Belgium, Belgique, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:Benelux,#m noun.group:EU,#m noun.group:NATO,#m (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) }
{ Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgian_capital, capital_of_Belgium, national_capital,@i Belgium,#p (the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) }
{ Aalst, town,@i (a town in central Belgium) }
{ Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers, city,@i port,@i Belgium,#p (a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460) }
{ Bruges, City_of_Bridges, city,@i Belgium,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (a city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea; in the 13th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League; the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction) }
{ Charleroi, city,@i Belgium,#p (city in southwestern Belgium; center of an industrial region) }
{ Gent, Gand, Ghent, city,@i port,@i Belgium,#p (port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry) }
{ Liege, Luik, city,@i Belgium,#p (city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium) }
{ Namur, city,@i Belgium,#p (a city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II) }
{ Waterloo, town,@i Belgium,#p (a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat) }

{ Bhutan, Kingdom_of_Bhutan, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India) }
{ Botswana, Republic_of_Botswana, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s) }
{ Gaborone, capital_of_Botswana, national_capital,@i Botswana,#p (capital and largest city of Botswana in the extreme southeast) }

{ [ Bolivia, adj.pert:bolivian,+ ] Republic_of_Bolivia, South_American_country,@i noun.object:South_America,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain) }
{ La_Paz, capital_of_Bolivia, national_capital,@i Bolivia,#p (capital city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia) }
{ Santa_Cruz1, city,@i Bolivia,#p (a city in central Bolivia) }
{ Sucre, city,@i Bolivia,#p (the judicial capital and seat of the judiciary in Bolivia) }

{ [ Brazil, adj.pert:brazilian,+ ] Federative_Republic_of_Brazil, Brasil, South_American_country,@i noun.object:South_America,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter) }
{ Acre1, district,@i Brazil,#p (a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru) }
{ Belem, Para, Feliz_Lusitania, Santa_Maria_de_Belem, St._Mary_of_Bethlehem, city,@i port,@i Brazil,#p (port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin) }
{ Belo_Horizonte, city,@i Brazil,#p (city in southeastern Brazil to the north of Rio de Janeiro; the first of Brazil's planned communities) }
{ Brasilia, Brazilian_capital, capital_of_Brazil, national_capital,@i Brazil,#p (the capital of Brazil; a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960) }
{ Curitiba, city,@i Brazil,#p (a city in southeastern Brazil) }
{ Joao_Pessoa, city,@i Brazil,#p (a city in northeastern Brazil near the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Recife) }
{ Governador_Valadares, city,@i Brazil,#p (a city in eastern Brazil to the northeast of Belo Horizonte) }
{ Limeira, city,@i Brazil,#p (a city of southeastern Brazil (northwest of Sao Paulo)) }
{ Natal1, city,@i port,@i Brazil,#p (a port city in northeastern Brazil) }
{ Osasco, city,@i (a city in southeastern Brazil; suburb of Sao Paulo) }
{ Rio_de_Janeiro, Rio, city,@i Brazil,#p (the former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction) }
{ Recife, Pernambuco, city,@i port,@i Brazil,#p (a port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic) }
{ Santos, city,@i port,@i Brazil,#p (a port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo) }
{ Sao_Bernardo_do_Campo, city,@i Brazil,#p (a city in southeastern Brazil; an industrial suburb of Sao Paulo) }
{ Sao_Goncalo, city,@i Brazil,#p (an industrial city in southeastern Brazil across the bay from Rio de Janeiro) }
{ Sao_Joao_de_Meriti, city,@i Brazil,#p (a city in southeastern Brazil that is a residential suburb of Rio de Janeiro) }
{ Sao_Jose_dos_Campos, city,@i Brazil,#p (a city in southeastern Brazil to the northeast of Sao Paulo) }
{ Sao_Louis, city,@i Brazil,#p (a city on an offshore island in northeast Brazil) }
{ Sao_Paulo, city,@i Brazil,#p (an ultramodern city in southeastern Brazil; the largest city in South America) }
{ British_Empire, geographical_area,@i (a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand; "the sun never sets on the British Empire") }
{ British_Isles, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Atlantic,#p British_Empire,#m (Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic) }
{ British_East_Africa, district,@ British_Empire,#m (the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar) }
{ British_West_Africa, district,@ West_Africa,#p British_Empire,#m (the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast) }
{ Great_Britain, GB, noun.object:island,@i British_Isles,#p noun.location:Britain,;r (an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales) }
{ [ Ireland, adj.pert:Irish,+ noun.person:irelander,+ ] Hibernia, Emerald_Isle, noun.object:island,@i British_Isles,#p (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) }
{ Erin, Ireland,@i noun.communication:poetry2,;c (an early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry) }
{ United_Kingdom, UK, U.K., [ Britain, adj.pert:britannic,+ ] United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland, Great_Britain1, kingdom1,@i British_Isles,#p noun.group:EU,#m noun.group:NATO,#m (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom) }
{ [ England, adj.pert:English,+ ] European_country,@i United_Kingdom,#p noun.object:Europe,#p (a division of the United Kingdom) }
{ Albion, England,@i Great_Britain,@i (archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically) }
{ Anglia, England,@i (the Latin name for England) }
{ Blighty, UK,@ (a slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad) }
{ [ Lancaster, adj.pert:lancastrian2,+ ] city,@i England,#p (a city in northwestern England) }
{ Lake_District, Lakeland, district,@i Cumbria,#p England,#p (a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain) }
{ [ London, noun.person:londoner,+ ] Greater_London, British_capital, capital_of_the_United_Kingdom, national_capital,@i England,#p (the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) }
{ City_of_London, the_City, center1,@i London,#p (the part of London situated within the ancient boundaries; the commercial and financial center of London) }
{ Home_Counties, county,@i noun.location:Britain,;r (the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded) }
{ Greenwich, borough,@i London,#p (a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time) }
{ Bloomsbury, city_district,@i London,#p (a city district of central London laid out in garden squares) }
{ Soho, city_district,@i London,#p (a city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs) }
{ Wembley, city_district,@i London,#p (a southeastern part of Greater London that is the site of the English national soccer stadium) }
{ West_End, city_district,@i London,#p (the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas) }
{ Westminster, City_of_Westminster, borough,@i London,#p (a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey) }
{ Buckingham_Palace, noun.artifact:palace1,@i Westminster,#p (the London residence of the British sovereign) }
{ Downing_Street, noun.artifact:street,@i Westminster,#p (a street of Westminster in London; "the Prime Minister lives at No. 10 Downing Street") }
{ Pall_Mall, noun.artifact:street,@i London,#p (a fashionable street in London noted for its many private clubs) }
{ Houses_of_Parliament, noun.artifact:building,@i Westminster,#p (the building in which the House of Commons and the House of Lords meet) }
{ Westminster_Abbey, noun.artifact:minster,@i Westminster,#p (a famous Gothic church of St. Peter in Westminster, London on the site of a former Benedictine monastery; "Westminster Abbey is the scene of the coronations of almost all English monarchs"; "Distinguished English subjects are buried in Westminster Abbey") }
{ Wimbledon, suburb,@i London,#p (a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts) }
{ [ Manchester, adj.pert:mancunian,+ ] city,@i England,#p (a city in northwestern England (30 miles to the east of Liverpool); heart of the most densely populated area of England) }
{ Hull, Kingston-upon_Hull, city,@i port,@i England,#p (a large fishing port in northeastern England) }
{ [ Liverpool, adj.pert:liverpudlian,+ ] city,@i port,@i England,#p (a large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports) }
{ Birmingham, Brummagem, city,@i England,#p (a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center) }
{ [ Oxford, adj.pert:oxonian,+ ] city,@i England,#p (a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University) }
{ Cambridge, city,@i England,#p (a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University) }
{ Bath, town,@i England,#p (a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains) }
{ Blackpool, town,@i England,#p (a resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea; famous for its tower) }
{ Brighton, city,@i England,#p (a city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex) }
{ Bristol, city,@i port,@i England,#p (an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon) }
{ Cheddar, village,@i England,#p (a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made) }
{ Leeds, city,@i West_Yorkshire,#p (a city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England; a center of the clothing industry) }
{ Leicester, city,@i England,#p Leicestershire,#p (an industrial city in Leicestershire in central England; built on the site of a Roman settlement) }
{ Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, city,@i port,@i England,#p (a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary)) }
{ Portsmouth1, Pompey, port,@i city,@i England,#p (a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base) }
{ Coventry, city,@i England,#p (an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century) }
{ Gloucester, city,@i England,#p (a city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn) }
{ Reading, city,@i England,#p Berkshire,#p (a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England) }
{ Sheffield, city,@i South_Yorkshire,#p (a steel manufacturing city in northern England famous for its cutlery industry) }
{ Stratford-on-Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon, town,@i (a town in central England on the River Avon; birthplace (and burial place) of William Shakespeare) }
{ Sunderland, town,@i port,@i England,#p (a port and industrial city in northeastern England) }
{ Winchester, city,@i Hampshire,#p (a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire) }
{ Worcester, city,@i England,#p (a cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn) }
{ Avon, county,@i England,#p (a county in southwestern England) }
{ Berkshire, county,@i England,#p (a county in southern England) }
{ Cornwall, county,@i England,#p (a hilly county in southwestern England) }
{ Cumbria, county,@i England,#p (a county of northwestern England) }
{ Cumbria1, geographical_area,@i England,#p Scotland,#p (a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines) }
{ Devon, Devonshire, county,@i England,#p (a county in southwestern England) }
{ Essex, county,@i England,#p Home_Counties,#m (a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary) }
{ Gloucestershire, county,@i England,#p (a county in southwestern England in the lower Severn valley) }
{ Hampshire, county,@i England,#p (a county of southern England on the English Channel) }
{ New_Forest, geographical_area,@i Hampshire,#p (an area of woods and heathland in southern Hampshire that was set aside by William I as Crown property in 1079; originally a royal hunting ground but now administered as parkland; noted for its ponies) }
{ Hertfordshire, county,@i England,#p Home_Counties,#m (a county in southern England) }
{ Kent, county,@i England,#p Home_Counties,#m (a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans) }
{ Somerset, county,@i England,#p (a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel) }
{ East_Sussex, county,@i England,#p (a county in southern England on the English Channel) }
{ Hastings, town,@i East_Sussex,#p (a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place) }
{ West_Sussex, county,@i England,#p (a county in southern England on the English Channel) }
{ Canterbury, town,@i Kent,#p (a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church) }
{ Leicestershire, Leicester1, county,@i England,#p (a largely agricultural county in central England) }
{ Lincolnshire, county,@i England,#p (an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea) }
{ Northumberland, county,@i England,#p (the northernmost county of England; has many Roman remains (including Hadrian's Wall)) }
{ Flodden, noun.object:hill,@i Northumberland,#p (a hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513) }
{ East_Anglia, geographical_area,@i England,#p (a region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom) }
{ Lancashire, geographical_area,@i England,#p (a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles) }
{ Surrey, county,@i England,#p Home_Counties,#m (a county in southeastern England on the Thames) }
{ Marston_Moor, noun.object:moor,@i England,#p (a former moor in northern England) }
{ Yorkshire, geographical_area,@i England,#p (a former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties) }
{ North_Yorkshire, county,@i England,#p (a county in northern England) }
{ West_Yorkshire, county,@i England,#p (a metropolitan county in northern England) }
{ South_Yorkshire, county,@i England,#p (a metropolitan county in northern England) }
{ Northamptonshire, county,@i England,#p (a county is central England) }
{ Northampton, city,@i Northamptonshire,#p (the principal city of Northamptonshire) }
{ Naseby, town,@i Northamptonshire,#p (a village in western Northamptonshire) }
{ Northumbria, geographical_area,@i England,#p (an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876) }
{ West_Country, geographical_area,@i England,#p (the southwestern part of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset)) }
{ Sussex, county,@i England,#p (a county in southern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that was captured by Wessex in the 9th century) }
{ Wessex, geographical_area,@i England,#p (a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century) }
{ Hadrian's_Wall, noun.artifact:wall,@i England,#p (an ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain) }
{ Channel_Island, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:English_Channel,#p British_Isles,#p (any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France) }
{ Jersey1, island_of_Jersey, Channel_Island,@ (the largest of the Channel Islands) }
{ Guernsey, island_of_Guernsey, Channel_Island,@ (a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey) }
{ Scilly_Islands, Isles_of_Scilly, noun.object:archipelago,@i England,#p (an archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel; formerly a haven for smugglers and pirates) }
{ Man, Isle_of_Man, noun.object:island,@i British_Isles,#p (one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea) }
{ Northern_Ireland, European_country,@i United_Kingdom,#p Ireland,#p noun.object:Europe,#p (a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland) }
{ Ulster, geographic_area,@i (a historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island; six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland) }
{ Bangor, town,@i Northern_Ireland,#p (a town in southeastern Northern Ireland) }
{ Belfast, capital_of_Northern_Ireland, national_capital,@i Northern_Ireland,#p (capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland) }
{ [ Ireland1, noun.person:irelander,+ ] Republic_of_Ireland, Irish_Republic, Eire, European_country,@i Ireland,#p noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:British_Commonwealth,#m noun.group:EU,#m (a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921) }
{ Dublin, Irish_capital, capital_of_Ireland, national_capital,@i port,@i Ireland1,#p (capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic) }
{ Cork, city,@i port,@i Ireland1,#p (a port city in southern Ireland) }
{ Galway, city,@i port,@i Ireland1,#p (a port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay) }
{ Limerick, city,@i port,@i Ireland1,#p (port city in southwestern Ireland) }
{ Tara, town,@i Ireland1,#p (a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century) }
{ Waterford, city,@i port,@i Ireland1,#p (a port city in southern Ireland; famous for glass industry) }

{ Scotland, European_country,@i United_Kingdom,#p Great_Britain,#p noun.object:Europe,#p (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts) }
{ Caledonia, geographical_area,@i Scotland,#p (the geographical area (in Roman times) to the north of the Antonine Wall; now a poetic name for Scotland) } 
{ [ Highlands, noun.person:highlander1,+ noun.person:highlander,+ ] Highlands_of_Scotland, noun.object:highland,@i Scotland,#p (a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse)) }
{ [ Lowlands, noun.person:lowlander,+ ] Lowlands_of_Scotland, noun.object:lowland,@i Scotland,#p (the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous) }
{ [ Galloway, adj.pert:galwegian,+ ] district,@i Scotland,#p (a district in southwestern Scotland) }
{ [ Aberdeen, adj.pert:aberdonian,+ ] city,@i Scotland,#p (a city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea) }
{ Ayr, town,@i port,@i (a port in southwestern Scotland) }
{ Balmoral_Castle, noun.artifact:castle,@i Scotland,#p (a castle in northeastern Scotland that is a private residence of the British sovereign) }
{ Edinburgh, national_capital,@i Lothian_Region,#p (the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth) }
{ Lothian_Region, district,@i Scotland,#p (a district in southeast central Scotland (south side of the Firth of Forth) and the location of Edinburgh) }
{ [ Glasgow, adj.pert:glaswegian,+ ] city,@i port,@i Scotland,#p (largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world) }
{ [ Hebrides, adj.pert:hebridean,+ ] Hebridean_Islands, Hebridean_Isles, Western_Islands, Western_Isles, noun.object:archipelago,@i Scotland,#p (a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland) }
{ Inner_Hebrides, noun.object:archipelago,@i Hebrides,#p (islands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland) }
{ Isle_of_Skye, noun.object:island,@i Inner_Hebrides,#p (an island of northwestern Scotland noted for its rugged mountain scenery) }
{ Islay, noun.object:island,@i Inner_Hebrides,#p (an island of western Scotland at the southern end of the Inner Hebrides) }
{ Mull, noun.object:island,@i Inner_Hebrides,#p (an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides) }
{ Staffa, noun.object:island,@i Inner_Hebrides,#p (an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides to the west of Mull; site of Fingal's Cave) }
{ Outer_Hebrides, noun.object:archipelago,@i Hebrides,#p (a 130-mile long archipelago to the northwest of Scotland) }
{ Wales, Cymru, [ Cambria, adj.pert:cambrian,+ ] principality,@i United_Kingdom,#p (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria) }
{ Aberdare, town,@i Wales,#p (a mining town in southern Wales) }
{ Bangor1, town,@i Wales,#p (a university town in northwestern Wales on the Menai Strait) }
{ Cardiff, national_capital,@i Wales,#p (the capital and largest city of Wales) }
{ Newport, city,@i port,@i Wales,#p (a port city in southeastern Wales) }
{ Sealyham, village,@i Wales,#p (a village in southwestern Wales where the Sealyham terrier was first bred) }
{ Swansea, city,@i port,@i Wales,#p (a port city in southern Wales on an inlet of the Bristol Channel) }
{ Anglesey, Anglesey_Island, Anglesea, Anglesea_Island, Mona, noun.object:island,@i Wales,#p (an island to the northwest of Wales) }
{ [ Brunei, adj.pert:bruneian,+ ] Negara_Brunei_Darussalam, sultanate,@i Borneo,#p noun.group:ASEAN,#m (a sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of Great Britain in 1984) }
{ sultanate, country,@ (country or territory ruled by a sultan) }
{ Burkina_Faso, Upper_Volta, country,@i (a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960) }
{ Sinai, Sinai_Peninsula, noun.object:peninsula,@i Egypt,#p (a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea) }
{ Egyptian_Empire, [ Egypt1, adj.pert:egyptian,+ ] empire,@i (an ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament) }
{ [ Egypt, adj.pert:egyptian,+ ] Arab_Republic_of_Egypt, United_Arab_Republic, African_country,@i Middle_East,#p noun.object:Africa,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC) }
{ Lower_Egypt, administrative_district,@i Egypt,#p (one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; consists of the Nile delta) }
{ Upper_Egypt, administrative_district,@i Egypt,#p (one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; extends south from Cairo to Sudan) }
{ Alexandria, El_Iskandriyah, city,@i port,@i Egypt,#p (the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt) }
{ Aswan, Assuan, Assouan, city,@i Egypt,#p (an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby) }
{ Cairo, Al_Qahira, El_Qahira, Egyptian_capital, capital_of_Egypt, national_capital,@i port,@i Egypt,#p (the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs) }
{ El_Alamein, village,@i Egypt,#p (a village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942) }
{ Giza, El_Giza, Gizeh, city,@i Egypt,#p (an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx) }
{ Memphis1, city,@i Egypt,#p (an ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)) }
{ Nag_Hammadi, town,@i Upper_Egypt,#p (a town in Upper Egypt) }
{ Luxor, El-Aksur, city,@i Egypt,#p (a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes) }
{ Thebes1, city,@i Egypt,#p (an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs) }
{ Saqqara, Saqqarah, Sakkara, town,@i Egypt,#p (a town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids) }
{ Suez, city,@i Egypt,#p (a city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal) }
{ Suez_Canal, noun.artifact:ship_canal,@i Egypt,#p (a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea) }
{ [ India, adj.pert:indian,+ ] Republic_of_India, Bharat, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p British_Empire,#m noun.group:British_Commonwealth,#m (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) }
{ Assam, state1,@i India,#p (state in northeastern India) }
{ Karnataka, Mysore1, state1,@i India,#p (state in southern India; formerly Mysore) }
{ Manipur, state1,@i India,#p (state in northeastern India) }
{ Hindustan, geographical_area,@i India,#p (northern region of India where Hinduism predominates) }
{ Sikkim, state1,@i India,#p (a state in northeastern India in the Himalaya Mountains between Nepal and Bhutan) }
{ Kanara, Canara, geographical_area,@i India,#p (a historical region of southwestern India on the west coast) }
{ Punjab, geographical_area,@i India,#p Pakistan,#p (a historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan) }
{ Delhi, New_Delhi, city,@i India,#p (a city in north central India) }
{ Bangalore, city,@i India,#p (an industrial city in south central India (west of Chennai)) }
{ Jabalpur, Jubbulpore, city,@i India,#p (an industrial city of central India to the southeast of Delhi) }
{ Kolkata, [ Calcutta, adj.pert:calcuttan,+ ] city,@i India,#p (the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding) }
{ Mumbai, Bombay, city,@i India,#p (a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India) }
{ Agra, city,@i India,#p (a city in northern India; former capital of the Mogul empire; site of the Taj Mahal) }
{ Hyderabad, city,@i India,#p (a city in south central India in Andhra Pradesh) }
{ Chennai, Madras, city,@i India,#p (a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras) }
{ Lucknow, city,@i India,#p (a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents) }
{ Mysore, city,@i India,#p (a city in southern India to the southwest of Bangalore) }
{ Salem2, city,@i India,#p (a city in southern India) }
{ Andhra_Pradesh, state1,@i India,#p (a state of southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal) }
{ Bihar, state1,@i India,#p (a state of northeastern India) }
{ Goa, state1,@i India,#p (a state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony) }
{ Gujarat, Gujerat, state1,@i India,#p (an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay) }
{ Tamil_Nadu, Madras1, state1,@i India,#p (a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras) }
{ Uttar_Pradesh, state1,@i India,#p (a state in northern India) }
{ Maharashtra, state1,@i India,#p (a state in west-central India) }
{ Orissa, state1,@i India,#p (state in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal) }
{ Nilgiri_Hills, noun.object:hill,@i India,#p (hills in southern India) }
{ West_Bengal, state1,@i India,#p (a state in eastern India) }

{ Nepal, Kingdom_of_Nepal, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China) }
{ Kathmandu, Katmandu, capital_of_Nepal, national_capital,@i Nepal,#p (the capital and largest city of Nepal) }

{ [ Tibet, adj.pert:tibetan,+ ] Thibet, Xizang, Sitsang, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas) }
{ Lhasa, Lassa, capital_of_Tibet, Forbidden_City1, national_capital,@i Tibet,#p (the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers) }
{ [ Indonesia, adj.pert:indonesian,+ ] Republic_of_Indonesia, Dutch_East_Indies, country,@i Southeast_Asia,#p Austronesia,#p noun.group:OPEC,#m noun.group:ASEAN,#m (a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions) }
{ [ Java, adj.pert:javan,+ ] noun.object:island,@i Indonesia,#p (an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions) }
{ Bali, noun.object:island,@i Indonesia,#p Lesser_Sunda_Islands,#m (an island in Indonesia to the east of Java; striking volcanic scenery; culture is known for elaborate dances and rituals and for handicrafts) }
{ Timor, noun.object:island,@i Indonesia,#p Lesser_Sunda_Islands,#m (an island in Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago; the largest and most eastern of the Lesser Sunda Islands) }
{ Sumatra, noun.object:island,@i Indonesia,#p (a mountainous island in western Indonesia) }
{ Celebes, Sulawesi, noun.object:island,@i Indonesia,#p (a mountainous island in eastern Indonesia) }
{ Moluccas, Spice_Islands, noun.object:island,@i Indonesia,#p (a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands) }
{ Indonesian_Borneo, Kalimantan1, state1,@i Borneo,#p Indonesia,#p (the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo) }
{ Jakarta, Djakarta, capital_of_Indonesia, national_capital,@i Java,#p (capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century) }
{ Bandung, city,@i Java,#p (a city in Indonesia; located on western Java (southeast of Jakarta); a resort known for its climate) }
{ Medan, city,@i Sumatra,#p (a city in Indonesia; located in northeastern Sumatra) }
{ Semarang, Samarang, city,@i port,@i Java,#p (a port city is southern Indonesia; located in northern Java) }

{ Gulf_States1, geographical_area,@i (the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf) }

{ [ Iran, adj.pert:iranian,+ ] Islamic_Republic_of_Iran, [ Persia, adj.pert:persian,+ ] Asian_country,@i Middle_East,#p noun.object:Asia,#p Gulf_States1,#p noun.group:OPEC,#m (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil) }
{ Teheran, Tehran, capital_of_Iran, Iranian_capital, national_capital,@i Iran,#p (the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran) }
{ Abadan, city,@i port,@i Iran,#p (a port city in southwestern Iran) }
{ Bam, city,@i Iran,#p (an ancient city in southeastern Iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003) }
{ Mashhad, Meshed, city,@i Iran,#p (the holy city of Shiite Muslims; located in northeastern Iran) }
{ Isfahan, Esfahan, Aspadana, city,@i Iran,#p (city in central Iran; former capital of Persia) }
{ Rasht, Resht, city,@i Iran,#p (city in northwestern Iran near the Caspian Sea) }
{ Shiraz, city,@i Iran,#p (a city in central southwestern Iran; ruins of ancient Persepolis are nearby) }
{ Tabriz, city,@i Iran,#p (an ancient city in northwestern Iran; known for hot springs) }
{ Urmia, Orumiyeh, city,@i Iran,#p (a city on the western side of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran) }
{ Qum, city,@i Iran,#p (a city in northwestern Iran; a place of pilgrimage for Shiite Muslims) }
{ Persia1, Persian_Empire, empire,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC) }
{ Persepolis, city,@i Iran,#p (an ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire; now in ruins) }
{ Elam, Susiana, geographical_area,@i (an ancient country in southwestern Asia to the east of the Tigris River (in what is modern Iran); was known for its warlike people) }

{ Iraq, Republic_of_Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak, Asian_country,@i Middle_East,#p Gulf_States1,#p noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m noun.group:OPEC,#m (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq) }
{ Baghdad, Bagdad, capital_of_Iraq, national_capital,@i Iraq,#p (capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River; "Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world") }
{ Basra, Basia, city,@i port,@i Iraq,#p (the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq) }
{ Kerbala, Karbala, Kerbela, city,@i Iraq,#p (a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680) }
{ Kirkuk, city,@i Iraq,#p (a city in northeastern Iraq; the center of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean) }
{ Mosul, city,@i Iraq,#p (a city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh) }
{ Levant, geographical_area,@i Middle_East,#p (the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel) }
{ Macedon, Macedonia1, Makedonija, geographical_area,@i Balkan_Peninsula,#p (the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria) }
{ Philippi, city,@i (a city in ancient Macedonia that was important in early Christianity) }
{ Thrace, geographical_area,@i Balkan_Peninsula,#p (an ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey) }
{ Edirne, Adrianople, Adrianopolis, city,@i Turkey,#p (a city in northwestern Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian) }
{ Mesopotamia, geographical_area,@i Iraq,#p (the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq) }
{ [ Babylon, adj.pert:babylonian,+ ] city,@i Mesopotamia,#p noun.location:Mesopotamia,;r (the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia) }
{ Babylonia, Chaldaea1, [ Chaldea1, adj.pert:chaldean,+ adj.pert:chaldaean,+ ] geographical_area,@i Mesopotamia,#p Iraq,#p noun.location:Babylon,;r (an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)) }
{ [ Chaldea, adj.pert:chaldean,+ adj.pert:chaldaean,+ ] Chaldaea, geographical_area,@i Mesopotamia,#p Iraq,#p (an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II) }
{ [ Sumer, adj.pert:sumerian,+ ] geographical_area,@i Babylonia,#p Iraq,#p (an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC) }
{ Ur, city,@i Sumer,#p (an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River) }
{ Assyria, geographical_area,@i Mesopotamia,#p Iraq,#p (an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq) }
{ Assur, Asur, Ashur, city,@i Assyria,#p Iraq,#p (an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq) }
{ Nineveh, city,@i Assyria,#p Iraq,#p (an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq) }
{ Phoenicia, Phenicia, geographical_area,@i (an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean) }
{ [ Carthage, adj.pert:carthaginian,+ ] noun.group:city_state,@i Phoenicia,#p (an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697) }
{ Utica, city,@i Phoenicia,#p (an ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD) }
{ Japan1, Japanese_Islands, Japanese_Archipelago, noun.object:archipelago,@i noun.object:Pacific,#p (a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean) }
{ Hokkaido, Ezo, Yezo, noun.object:island,@i Japan1,#p (the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu) }
{ Honshu, Hondo, noun.object:island,@i Japan1,#p (the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland) }
{ Kyushu, noun.object:island,@i Japan1,#p (the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields) }
{ Shikoku, noun.object:island,@i Japan1,#p (the smallest of the four main islands of Japan; to the south of Honshu and to the east of Kyushu; separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea; forested and mountainous) }
{ Japan, Nippon, Nihon, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) }
{ Asahikawa, city,@i Hokkaido,#p Japan,#p (a city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area) }
{ Tokyo, Tokio, Yeddo, Yedo, Edo, Japanese_capital, capital_of_Japan, national_capital,@i Honshu,#p Japan,#p (the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan) }
{ Nagano, city,@i Honshu,#p Japan,#p (a city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine) }
{ Nagoya, city,@i Honshu,#p Japan,#p (an industrial city in southern Honshu) }
{ Omiya, city,@i honshu,#p Japan,#p (a city of east central Honshu; a suburb of Tokyo) }
{ Osaka, city,@i port,@i Honshu,#p Japan,#p (port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan) }
{ Yokohama, city,@i port,@i Honshu,#p Japan,#p (port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan) }
{ Okinawa, noun.object:island,@i Ryukyu_Islands,#p (the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands) }
{ Naha_City, city,@i Okinawa,#p Japan,#p (the chief city in the Ryukyu Islands) }
{ Ryukyu_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Japan,#p (a chain of 55 islands in the western Pacific to the to the southwest of Japan (returned by United States to Japan in 1972)) }
{ Kobe, city,@i port,@i Honshu,#p (a port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu; was damaged by an earthquake in 1995) }
{ Kyoto, city,@i Honshu,#p Japan,#p (a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan) }
{ Hiroshima, port,@i city,@i Honshu,#p (a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area) }
{ Sapporo, city,@i Hokkaido,#p Japan,#p (a commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido) }
{ Kitakyushu, city,@i Kyushu,#p Japan,#p (a Japanese city on northern Kyushu) }
{ Fukuoka, city,@i Kyushu,#p Japan,#p (a city in southern Japan on Kyushu) }
{ Nagasaki, city,@i port,@i Kyushu,#p Japan,#p (a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb) }
{ Toyohashi, city,@i Honshu,#p Japan,#p (a Japanese city in southern Honshu on the Pacific shore) }
{ Toyonaki, city,@i Honshu,#p Japan,#p (a Japanese city in southern Honshu; main residential suburb of Osaka) }
{ Toyota, city,@i Honshu,#p Japan,#p (an industrial city of Japan in southern Honshu) }
{ Asama, Mount_Asama, noun.object:volcano,@i Honshu,#p Japan,#p (a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)) }
{ Volcano_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Japan,#p noun.object:Pacific,#p (a group of Japanese Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean to the north of the Marianas) }
{ Iwo_Jima, noun.object:island,@i Japan,#p (the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan) }

{ [ Jordan, adj.pert:jordanian,+ ] Hashemite_Kingdom_of_Jordan, Asian_country,@i Middle_East,#p noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m (an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea) }
{ Amman, capital_of_Jordan, national_capital,@i Jordan,#p (the capital and largest city of Jordan) }
{ Al_Aqabah, Aqaba, Akaba, city,@i Jordan,#p (Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba) }
{ Jericho, village,@i West_Bank,#p (a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land) }
{ Az_Zarqa, Zarqa, city,@i Jordan,#p (city in northwestern Jordan) }

{ [ Kenya, adj.pert:kenyan,+ ] Republic_of_Kenya, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p East_Africa,#p (a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya) }
{ Nairobi, capital_of_Kenya, national_capital,@i Kenya,#p (the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris) }
{ Kisumu, city,@i port,@i Kenya,#p (a port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria; fishing and trading center) }
{ Mombasa, city,@i port,@i Kenya,#p (a port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean) }
{ Nakuru, city,@i Kenya,#p (a city in western Kenya; commercial center of an agricultural region) }
{ Kuwait, State_of_Kuwait, Koweit, Asian_country,@i Middle_East,#p Gulf_States1,#p noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m noun.group:OPEC,#m (an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum) }
{ Kuwait1, Kuwait_City, Koweit1, capital_of_Kuwait, national_capital,@i Kuwait,#p (a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait) }

{ Gaul, Gallia, geographical_area,@i (an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands) }
{ France, French_Republic, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:EU,#m noun.group:NATO,#m (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) }
{ [ Paris, adj.pert:parisian,+ ] City_of_Light, French_capital, capital_of_France, national_capital,@i France,#p (the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce) }
{ Left_Bank, Latin_Quarter, vicinity,@i Paris,#p (the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life) }
{ Montmartre, vicinity,@i Paris,#p (the highest point in Paris; famous for its associations with many artists) }
{ Clichy, Clichy-la-Garenne, suburb,@i Paris,#p (a northwestern suburb of Paris; the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century) }
{ Orly, suburb,@i Paris,#p (a southeastern suburb of Paris; site of an international airport serving Paris) }
{ Quai_d'Orsay, noun.artifact:street,@i Left_Bank,#p (the street in Paris along the south bank of the Seine known for its governmental ministries) }
{ Right_Bank, vicinity,@i Paris,#p (the region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine) }
{ Ile-St-Louis, noun.object:island,@i Paris,#p (island in Paris on the Seine) }
{ Champs_Elysees, noun.artifact:street,@i Paris,#p (a major avenue in Paris famous for elegant shops and cafes) }
{ Avignon, town,@i France,#p (a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism) }
{ Bordeaux, city,@i port,@i France,#p (a port city in southwestern France; a major center of the wine trade) }
{ Brest, city,@i port,@i France,#p (a port city in northwestern France (in Brittany); the chief naval station of France) }
{ Calais, town,@i port,@i France,#p (a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558) }
{ Cannes, city,@i port,@i France,#p (a port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an annual film festival) }
{ Chablis, town,@i France,#p (a town in north central France noted for white Burgundy wines) }
{ Chartres, town,@i France,#p (a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral) }
{ Cherbourg, town,@i port,@i France,#p (a port town in northwestern France on the English Channel; site of a naval base) }
{ Dijon, city,@i France,#p (an industrial city in eastern France to the north of Lyons) }
{ Dunkirk, Dunkerque, town,@i port,@i (a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II) }
{ Grenoble, city,@i France,#p (a city in southeastern France on the Isere River) }
{ Le_Havre, city,@i port,@i France,#p (a port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine) }
{ Lille, city,@i France,#p (an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders) }
{ Lyon, Lyons, city,@i France,#p Lyonnais,#p (a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon) }
{ Marseille, Marseilles, city,@i port,@i France,#p (a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean) }
{ Nancy, city,@i France,#p (a city in northeastern France in Lorraine) }
{ Nantes, city,@i port,@i France,#p (a port city in western France on the Loire estuary) }
{ Nice, city,@i France,#p (a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera) }
{ Orleans, city,@i France,#p (a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)) }
{ Rheims, Reims, city,@i France,#p (a city in northeastern France to the east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II) }
{ Strasbourg, Strassburg, city,@i (city on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border; an inland port) }
{ Toulon, city,@i port,@i France,#p (a port city and naval base in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast) }
{ Toulouse, city,@i France,#p (a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe) }
{ Tours, city,@i France,#p (an industrial city in western France on the Loire River) }
{ Valenciennes, town,@i France,#p (a town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry) }
{ Versailles, city,@i France,#p (a city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century) }
{ Vichy, town,@i France,#p (a town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of France during World War II) }
{ Vienne, town,@i France,#p (a town in south central France where is 1311-1313 the Roman Catholic Church held one of its councils) }
{ Riviera, geographical_area,@i France,#p Italy,#p (a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France; "the Riviera contains some of Europe's most popular resorts") }
{ French_Riviera, Cote_d'Azur, French_region,@i Riviera,#p (the French part of the Riviera) }
{ French_region, geographical_area,@ France,#p (a geographical subdivision of France) }
{ [ Alsace, adj.pert:alsatian,+ ] Alsatia, Elsass, French_region,@i France,#p (a region of northeastern France famous for its wines) }
{ Anjou, French_region,@i France,#p (a former province of western France in the Loire valley) }
{ Aquitaine, Aquitania, French_region,@i France,#p (a region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees) }
{ Artois, French_region,@i France,#p (a former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)) }
{ Auvergne, French_region,@i France,#p (a region in central France) }
{ Basse-Normandie, Lower-Normandy, French_region,@i Normandie,#p (a division of Normandy) }
{ Bourgogne, Burgundy, French_region,@i France,#p (a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines) }
{ Bretagne, Brittany, Breiz, French_region,@i France,#p (a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay) }
{ Centre2, French_region,@i France,#p (a low-lying region in central France) }
{ Champagne, Champagne-Ardenne, French_region,@i France,#p (a region of northeastern France) }
{ Ardennes, noun.object:plateau,@i Champagne-Ardenne,#p (a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II) }
{ Corse, [ Corsica, adj.pert:corsican,+ ] French_region,@i France,#p (a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte) }
{ Corse1, [ Corsica1, adj.pert:corsican,+ ] noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Mediterranean_Sea,#p (an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France) }
{ Franche-Comte, French_region,@i France,#p (a former province of eastern France) }
{ Gascogne, Gascony, French_region,@i France,#p (a region of southwestern France) }
{ Haute-Normandie, Upper-Normandy, French_region,@i Normandie,#p (a division of Normandy) }
{ Ile-de-France, French_region,@i France,#p (a region of north central France including Paris and the area around it) }
{ Languedoc-Roussillon, French_region,@i France,#p (a region in south central France; named after the medieval dialect of French that was spoken there) }
{ Limousin, French_region,@i France,#p (a region of central France to the west of the Auvergne mountains) }
{ Lorraine, Lothringen, French_region,@i France,#p (an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits) }
{ Martinique, noun.object:island,@i French_region,@i Windward_Islands,#p French_West_Indies,#m (an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France) }
{ Mayenne, French_region,@i Pays_de_la_Loire,#p (a department of northwestern France in the Pays de la Loire region) }
{ Midi, geographical_area,@i France,#p (the southern part of France) }
{ Midi-Pyrenees, French_region,@i France,#p (a region in southwestern France) }
{ Nord-Pas-de-Calais, French_region,@i France,#p (a region in northeastern France) }
{ Pays_de_la_Loire, French_region,@i France,#p (an agricultural region of western France on the Bay of Biscay) }
{ Picardie, Picardy, French_region,@i France,#p (a region of northern France on the English Channel) }
{ Poitou-Charentes, Poitou, French_region,@i France,#p (a low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay) }
{ Rhone-Alpes, French_region,@i France,#p (a mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers) }
{ Normandie, Normandy, geographical_area,@i France,#p (a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie) }
{ Orleanais, geographical_area,@i France,#p (a former province of north central France; centered around Orleans) }
{ Provence, French_region,@i France,#p (a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur) }
{ Lyonnais, geographical_area,@i Rhone-Alpes,#p (a former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes) }
{ Savoy, geographical_area,@i France,#p Switzerland,#p Italy,#p (a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy) }

{ Gabon, Gabonese_Republic, Gabun, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic on the west coast of Africa) }
{ Libreville, capital_of_Gabon, national_capital,@i Gabon,#p (the capital of Gabon) }
{ [ Gambia, adj.pert:gambian,+ ] The_Gambia, Republic_of_The_Gambia, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa) }
{ Banjul, capital_of_Gambia, national_capital,@i port,@i Gambia,#p (a port city and capital of Gambia) }

{ [ Ghana, adj.pert:ghanian,+ adj.pert:ghanaian,+ ] Republic_of_Ghana, Gold_Coast, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British") }
{ Accra, capital_of_Ghana, national_capital,@i Ghana,#p (the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port) }
{ Kumasi, city,@i Ghana,#p (a city in southern Ghana) }
{ Tamale, city,@i Ghana,#p (a city in northern Ghana) }

{ [ Grenada, adj.pert:grenadian,+ ] country,@i Windward_Islands,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth) }
{ St._George's, capital_of_Grenada, national_capital,@i Grenada,#p (the capital and largest city of Grenada) }

{ [ Guinea, adj.pert:guinean,+ ] Republic_of_Guinea, French_Guinea, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958) }
{ Conakry, Konakri, capital_of_Guinea, national_capital,@i port,@i Guinea,#p (a port and the capital of Guinea) }

{ Guinea-Bissau, Republic_of_Guinea-Bissau, Guine-Bissau, Portuguese_Guinea, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974) }
{ Bissau, capital_of_Guinea-Bissau, national_capital,@i Guinea-Bissau,#p (the capital of Guinea-Bissau) }

{ Guiana, geographical_area,@i noun.object:South_America,#p (a geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam) }
{ Guyana, Co-operative_Republic_of_Guyana, British_Guiana, South_American_country,@i Guiana,#p British_Empire,#m (a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966) }
{ Georgetown, Stabroek, national_capital,@i port,@i Guyana,#p (port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana; "the city was called Stabroek by the Dutch but was renamed Georgetown by the British in 1812") }
{ Demerara, noun.group:colony,@i Guyana,#p (a former Dutch colony in South America; now a part of Guyana) }

{ Netherlands, The_Netherlands, Kingdom_of_The_Netherlands, Nederland, [ Holland, noun.person:hollander,+ ] European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:Benelux,#m noun.group:EU,#m noun.group:NATO,#m (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level) }
{ Amsterdam, Dutch_capital, capital_of_The_Netherlands, national_capital,@i Netherlands,#p (an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum) }
{ Apeldoorn, city,@i Netherlands,#p (a city of east central Netherlands; a popular tourist center and site of the summer residence of the Dutch royal family) }
{ Arnhem, city,@i Netherlands,#p (a city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River; site of a battle in 1944 during World War II) }
{ The_Hague, 's_Gravenhage, Den_Haag, city,@i Netherlands,#p (the site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands; seat of the International Court of Justice) }
{ Eindhoven, city,@i Netherlands,#p (city in southeastern Netherlands noted for electrical industry) }
{ Nijmegen, city,@i Netherlands,#p (an industrial city in the eastern Netherlands) }
{ Rotterdam, city,@i Netherlands,#p (the 2nd largest city in the Netherlands; located in the western Netherlands near the North Sea) }
{ Leiden, Leyden, city,@i Netherlands,#p (a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620) }
{ Utrecht, city,@i Netherlands,#p (a city in the central Netherlands) }
{ Friesland, state1,@i Netherlands,#p (one of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands) }
{ Friesland1, geographical_area,@i Frisia,#p (the western part of the ancient region of Frisia in northern Europe on the North Sea between the Scheldt river and the Weser river; part of this region is now a province in the Netherlands) }
{ [ Frisia, adj.pert:frisian,+ ] geographical_area,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (an ancient region of northwestern Europe including the Frisian Islands) }
{ Frisian_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Netherlands,#p Germany,#p Denmark,#p (a chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland) }
{ [ Hungary, adj.pert:hungarian,+ ] Republic_of_Hungary, Magyarorszag, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a republic in central Europe) }
{ Budapest, Hungarian_capital, capital_of_Hungary, national_capital,@i Hungary,#p (capital and largest city of Hungary; located on the Danube River in north-central Hungary) }
{ Faroe_Islands, Faeroe_Islands, Faroes, Faeroes, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Atlantic,#p (a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands) }
{ Faroe_Islands1, Faeroe_Islands1, Faroes1, Faeroes1, possession,@i (a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands) }
{ Thorshavn, city,@i Faroe_Islands,#p (the administrative center of the Faroe Islands) }
{ [ Iceland1, noun.person:icelander,+ ] noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Atlantic,#p (a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle) }
{ [ Iceland, noun.person:icelander,+ ] Republic_of_Iceland, European_country,@i Iceland1,#p noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:NATO,#m (an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944) }
{ Reykjavik, capital_of_Iceland, national_capital,@i port,@i Iceland,#p (the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water) }
{ Orkney_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Scotland,#p noun.object:Atlantic,#p noun.object:North_Sea,#p (an archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland) }
{ Shetland, Shetland_Islands, Zetland, noun.object:archipelago,@i Scotland,#p noun.object:Atlantic,#p (an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland) }
{ Thule, ultima_Thule, geographical_area,@i (the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world) }
{ Thule1, town,@i Greenland,#p (a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there) }
{ [ Korea, adj.pert:korean,+ ] Korean_Peninsula, Dae-Han-Min-Gook, Han-Gook, noun.object:peninsula,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook) }
{ Chosen, Korea,@i (the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)) }
{ [ North_Korea, adj.pert:north_korean,+ ] Democratic_People's_Republic_of_Korea, D.P.R.K., DPRK, Asian_country,@i Korea,#p noun.object:Asia,#p (a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948) }
{ Pyongyang, capital_of_North_Korea, national_capital,@i North_Korea,#p (capital of North Korea and an industrial center; "Pyongyang is Korea's oldest city but little of its history has been preserved") }
{ [ South_Korea, adj.pert:south_korean,+ ] Republic_of_Korea, Asian_country,@i Korea,#p noun.object:Asia,#p (a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948) }
{ Seoul, capital_of_South_Korea, national_capital,@i South_Korea,#p (the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea) }
{ Inchon, Incheon, Chemulpo, city,@i port,@i South_Korea,#p (a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea) }
{ Kwangju, city,@i South_Korea,#p (city in southwestern South Korea; an important military base during the Korean War) }
{ Taegu, Tegu, city,@i South_Korea,#p (a city in southeastern South Korea) }
{ Pusan, city,@i port,@i South_Korea,#p (a city in southeastern South Korea on the Korean Strait; the chief port and second largest city) }
{ [ Laos, adj.pert:laotian,+ ] Lao_People's_Democratic_Republic, Asian_country,@i Indochina,#p noun.group:ASEAN,#m (a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949) }
{ Vientiane, Laotian_capital, capital_of_Laos, national_capital,@i Laos,#p (the capital and largest city of Laos) }
{ [ Lappland, noun.person:lapplander,+ ] Lapland, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps) }

{ Lebanon, Lebanese_Republic, Asian_country,@i Middle_East,#p noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m (an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean) }
{ Bayrut, Beirut, capital_of_Lebanon, national_capital,@i Lebanon,#p (capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean) }
{ Tarabulus, Tripoli, Tarabulus_Ash-Sham, Trablous, city,@i port,@i Lebanon,#p (a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea) }
{ Sayda, Saida, Sidon, city,@i Lebanon,#p (the main city of ancient Phoenicia) }
{ Sur, Tyre, city,@i port,@i Lebanon,#p (a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks) }
{ Byblos, dig,@i Lebanon,#p (an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated) }

{ Lesotho, Kingdom_of_Lesotho, Basutoland, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966) }
{ Maseru, capital_of_Lesotho, national_capital,@i Lesotho,#p (the capital of Lesotho; located in northwestern Lesotho) }
{ [ Liberia, adj.pert:liberian,+ ] Republic_of_Liberia, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves) }
{ Monrovia, Liberian_capital, capital_of_Liberia, national_capital,@i port,@i Liberia,#p (the capital and chief port and largest city of Liberia) }
{ [ Libya, adj.pert:libyan,+ ] Socialist_People's_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m noun.group:OPEC,#m (a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum) }
{ Tripoli1, Tarabulus_Al-Gharb, capital_of_Libya, national_capital,@i Libya,#p (the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC) }
{ Benghazi, city,@i port,@i Libya,#p (port in northern Libya on the Gulf of Sidra; formerly a joint capital of Libya with Tripoli) }
{ [ Liechtenstein, noun.person:liechtensteiner,+ ] Principality_of_Liechtenstein, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a small landlocked principality (constitutional monarchy) in central Europe located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland) }
{ Vaduz, capital_of_Liechtenstein, national_capital,@i Liechtenstein,#p (the capital and largest city of Liechtenstein) }
{ [ Luxembourg, adj.pert:luxembourgian,+ noun.person:luxembourger,+ ] Grand_Duchy_of_Luxembourg, [ Luxemburg, noun.person:luxemburger,+ ] European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:Benelux,#m noun.group:EU,#m noun.group:NATO,#m (a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center) }
{ Luxembourg-Ville, [ Luxembourg1, noun.person:luxembourger,+ ] [ Luxemburg1, noun.person:luxemburger,+ ] Luxembourg_City, capital_of_Luxembourg, national_capital,@i Luxembourg,#p (the capital and largest city of Luxembourg) }
{ [ Macedonia, adj.pert:macedonian,+ ] Balkan_country,@i Balkan_Peninsula,#p (landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991) }
{ Skopje, Skoplje, Uskub, national_capital,@i Macedonia,#p (capital of modern Macedonia) }
{ [ Madagascar1, adj.pert:madagascan,+ ] noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Indian_Ocean,#p (an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world) }
{ [ Madagascar, adj.pert:madagascan,+ ] Republic_of_Madagascar, Malagasy_Republic, African_country,@i Madagascar1,#p noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960) }
{ Antananarivo, capital_of_Madagascar, national_capital,@i Madagascar,#p (the capital and largest city of Madagascar) }

{ [ Malawi, adj.pert:malawian,+ ] Republic_of_Malawi, Nyasaland, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964) }
{ Blantyre, city,@i Malawi,#p (city in southern Malawi; largest city and commercial center of Malawi) }
{ Lilongwe, capital_of_Malawi, national_capital,@i Malawi,#p (the capital of Malawi; located in south central Malawi) }
{ Zomba, city,@i Malawi,#p (a city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971) }

{ [ Malaysia, adj.pert:malaysian,+ adj.pert:malayan1,+ adj.pert:malayan,+ ] Federation_of_Malaysia, Asian_country,@i Indochina,#p noun.group:ASEAN,#m (a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957) }
{ Kuala_Lumpur, city,@i West_Malaysia,#p (the largest city and former capital of Malaysia until 2005) }
{ Putrajaya, capital_of_Malaysia, national_capital,@i Malaysia,#p (Malaysia's sparkling new capital) }
{ East_Malaysia, district,@i Malaysia,#p Borneo,#p (the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo) }
{ West_Malaysia, Malaya, Peninsular_Malaysia, district,@i Malaysia,#p Malay_Peninsula,#p (the region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula; shares a land border with Thailand to the north) }
{ Malay_Peninsula, noun.object:peninsula,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar) }
{ Malaysian_state, state1,@ Malaysia,#p (one of the several states constituting Malaysia) }
{ Malacca, Malaysian_state,@i West_Malaysia,#p (the third smallest Malaysian state; located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula) }
{ Penang, Malaysian_state,@i West_Malaysia,#p (the second smallest Malaysian state; located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia) }
{ Perlis, Malaysian_state,@i West_Malaysia,#p (the smallest Malaysian state; located at the northern part of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia) }
{ Negeri_Sembilan, Malaysian_state,@i West_Malaysia,#p (one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia; located on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia) }
{ Terengganu, Malaysian_state,@i sultanate,@i West_Malaysia,#p (sultanate and one of the 13 states of the Federation of Malaysia) }
{ Selangor, Malaysian_state,@i West_Malaysia,#p (sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia) }
{ Perak, Malaysian_state,@i West_Malaysia,#p (sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia) }
{ Pahang, Malaysian_state,@i West_Malaysia,#p (sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia) }
{ Kelantan, Malaysian_state,@i West_Malaysia,#p (sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia) }
{ Kedah, Malaysian_state,@i West_Malaysia,#p (sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia) }
{ Johor, Johore, Malaysian_state,@i West_Malaysia,#p (sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia) }
{ [ Sabah, adj.pert:sabahan,+ ] North_Borneo, Malaysian_state,@i East_Malaysia,#p Borneo,#p (one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia; located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo) }
{ [ Sarawak, adj.pert:sarawakian,+ ] Malaysian_state,@i East_Malaysia,#p Borneo,#p (the largest state in Malaysia; located on the northwest of the island of Borneo) }

{ Maldives1, Maldive_Islands, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Indian_Ocean,#p (a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean) }
{ Maldives, Republic_of_Maldives, country,@i Maldive_Islands,#p (a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965) }
{ Male, national_capital,@i Maldives,#p (the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands) }
{ [ Mali, adj.pert:malian,+ ] Republic_of_Mali, French_Sudan, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years) }
{ Bamako, national_capital,@i Mali,#p (the capital of Mali; located in the south on the Niger) }
{ Timbuktu, city,@i Mali,#p (a city in central Mali near the Niger river; formerly famous for its gold trade) }
{ Malta1, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Mediterranean,#p (a strategically located island to the south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea) }
{ Malta, Republic_of_Malta, country,@i Malta1,#p (a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964) }
{ Valletta, Valetta, capital_of_Malta, national_capital,@i Malta,#p (the capital of Malta; located on the northeastern coast of the island) }
{ [ Mauritania, adj.pert:mauritanian,+ ] Islamic_Republic_of_Mauritania, Mauritanie, Muritaniya, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m (a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert) }
{ Nouakchott, national_capital,@i Mauritania,#p (capital of Mauritania; located in western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast) }
{ [ Mauritius1, adj.pert:mauritian1,+ ] noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Indian_Ocean,#p (an island in the southwestern Indian Ocean) }
{ [ Mauritius, adj.pert:mauritian1,+ ] Republic_of_Mauritius, country,@i Mauritius1,#p (a parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius) }
{ Port_Louis, national_capital,@i port,@i Mauritius,#p (capital and chief port of Mauritius; located on the northwestern coast of the island) }

{ [ Monaco, adj.pert:monacan,+ ] Principality_of_Monaco, principality,@i European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera) }
{ Monaco-Ville, national_capital,@i Monaco,#p (the capital of Monaco) }
{ Monte_Carlo, town,@i Monaco,#p (a town and popular resort in the principality of Monaco; famous for its gambling casino) }

{ Tartary, Tatary, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.object:Asia,#p (the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries; "under Genghis Khan Tartary extended as far east as the Pacific Ocean") }
{ [ Mongolia1, adj.pert:mongolian1,+ ] geographical_area,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia) }
{ [ Mongolia, adj.pert:mongolian2,+ ] Mongolian_People's_Republic, Outer_Mongolia, Asian_country,@i Mongolia1,#p noun.object:Asia,#p (a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia) }
{ Ulan_Bator, Ulaanbaatar, Urga, Kulun, capital_of_Mongolia, national_capital,@i Mongolia,#p (the capital and largest city of Mongolia) }
{ [ Morocco, adj.pert:moroccan,+ ] Kingdom_of_Morocco, Maroc, Marruecos, Al-Magrib, African_country,@i Maghreb,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m (a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956) }
{ Casablanca, city,@i port,@i Morocco,#p (a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco) }
{ El_Aaium, town,@i Morocco,#p (a town in Morocco near the Atlantic coast) }
{ Fez, Fes, city,@i Morocco,#p (a city in north central Morocco; religious center) }
{ Marrakesh, Marrakech, city,@i Morocco,#p (a city in western Morocco; tourist center) }
{ Oujda, city,@i Morocco,#p (a city in northeastern Morocco near the Algerian border) }
{ Rabat, capital_of_Morocco, national_capital,@i Morocco,#p (the capital of Morocco; located in the northwestern on the Atlantic coast) }
{ Tangier, Tangiers, city,@i Morocco,#p (a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar; "the first tangerines were shipped from Tangier to Europe in 1841") }
{ Western_Sahara, Spanish_Sahara, geographical_area,@i Morocco,#p (an area in northwestern Africa with rich phosphate deposits; under Moroccan control since 1992) }
{ [ Mozambique, adj.pert:mozambican1,+ adj.pert:mozambican,+ ] Republic_of_Mozambique, Mocambique, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975) }
{ Beira, city,@i port,@i Mozambique,#p (a port city in eastern Mozambique on the Mozambique Channel) }
{ Maputo, capital_of_Mozambique, national_capital,@i Mozambique,#p (the capital and largest city of Mozambique) }
{ Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, district,@i South_Africa,#p (a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994") }
{ New_Zealand1, New_Zealand_Islands, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Pacific,#p (North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific) }
{ North_Island, noun.object:island,@i New_Zealand1,#p (the smaller but more populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from South Island by Cook Strait) }
{ South_Island, noun.object:island,@i New_Zealand1,#p (the larger but less populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from North Island by Cook Strait) } 
{ New_Zealand, country,@i New_Zealand1,#p noun.group:British_Commonwealth,#m British_Empire,#m (an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery) }
{ Auckland, city,@i port,@i New_Zealand,#p (the largest city and principal port of New Zealand) }
{ Christchurch, city,@i New_Zealand,#p (industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region) }
{ Wellington, capital_of_New_Zealand, national_capital,@i New_Zealand,#p (the capital of New Zealand) }
{ [ Niger, adj.pert:nigerian1,+ adj.pert:nigerian,+ ] Republic_of_Niger, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert) }
{ Niamey, capital_of_Niger, national_capital,@i Niger,#p (the capital and largest city of Niger) }
{ Nigeria, Federal_Republic_of_Nigeria, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#pnoun.group:OPEC,#m (a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country) }
{ Abuja, capital_of_Nigeria, Nigerian_capital, national_capital,@i Nigeria,#p (capital of Nigeria in the center of the country) }
{ Ibadan, city,@i Nigeria,#p (a large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria; site of a university) }
{ Katsina, city,@i Nigeria,#p (a city in northern Nigeria; a major center of the Hausa people) }
{ Lagos, city,@i port,@i Nigeria,#p (chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria) }
{ Maiduguri, Yerwa-Maiduguri, city,@i Nigeria,#p (a city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center) }
{ Zaria, city,@i Nigeria,#p (a city in north central Nigeria; agricultural trading center) }
{ Oman, Sultanate_of_Oman, Muscat_and_Oman, Asian_country,@i Arabian_Peninsula,#p Gulf_States1,#p noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m (a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil) }
{ Muscat, Masqat, capital_of_Oman, national_capital,@i port,@i Oman,#p (a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman) }
{ Kashmir, Cashmere, Jammu_and_Kashmir, geographical_area,@i India,#p Pakistan,#p (an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India) }
{ Pakistan, Islamic_Republic_of_Pakistan, West_Pakistan, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) }
{ Faisalabad, Lyallpur, city,@i Pakistan,#p (city in northeast Pakistan) }
{ Hyderabad1, city,@i Pakistan,#p (a city in southern Pakistan on the Indus River) }
{ Islamabad, capital_of_Pakistan, national_capital,@i Pakistan,#p (the capital of Pakistan in the north on a plateau; the site was chosen in 1959) }
{ Karachi, city,@i Pakistan,#p (the largest city in Pakistan; located in southeastern Pakistan; an industrial center and seaport on the Arabian Sea; former capital of Pakistan) }
{ Lahore, city,@i Pakistan,#p (city in northeast Pakistan) }
{ Peshawar, city,@i Pakistan,#p (city in northern Pakistan at the eastern end of the Khyber Pass) }
{ Rawalpindi, city,@i Pakistan,#p (an ancient city in northeastern Pakistan; served as capital of Pakistan while Islamabad was being built) }
{ Sind, region,@ Pakistan,#p (a region of southeastern Pakistan) }

{ Palau1, Palau_Islands, Belau, Pelew, noun.object:archipelago,@i noun.object:Pacific,#p (a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean) }
{ Palau, Republic_of_Palau, TT1, country,@i Palau1,#p (a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States) }
{ [ Paraguay, adj.pert:paraguayan,+ ] Republic_of_Paraguay, South_American_country,@i noun.object:South_America,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a landlocked republic in south central South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1811) }
{ Asuncion, capital_of_Paraguay, national_capital,@i port,@i Paraguay,#p (the capital and chief port of Paraguay) }
{ [ Parthia, adj.pert:parthian,+ ] geographical_area,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226) }

{ [ Peru, adj.pert:peruvian,+ ] Republic_of_Peru, South_American_country,@i noun.object:South_America,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries) }
{ Arequipa, city,@i Peru,#p (a city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city) }
{ Cuzco, Cusco, town,@i (a town in the Andes in southern Peru; formerly the capital of the Inca empire) }
{ Lima, capital_of_Peru, national_capital,@i Peru,#p (capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century) }
{ Machu_Picchu, noun.artifact:fortress,@i Peru,#p (Inca fortress city in the Andes in Peru discovered in 1911; it may have been built in the 15th century) }

{ Philippines1, Philippine_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i noun.object:Pacific,#p (an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands) }
{ Cebu1, noun.object:island,@i Philippine_Islands,#p (one of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor) }
{ Luzon, noun.object:island,@i Philippines1,#p (the main island of the Philippines) }
{ Mindanao, noun.object:island,@i Philippines1,#p (the second largest island of the Philippines at the southern end of the archipelago; mountainous and volcanic) }
{ Mindoro, noun.object:island,@i Philippines1,#p (a mountainous island in the central Philippines) }
{ Philippines, Republic_of_the_Philippines, country,@i Southeast_Asia,#p Philippines1,#p noun.group:ASEAN,#m (a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946) }
{ Manila, capital_of_the_Philippines, national_capital,@i Philippines,#p (the capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon) }
{ Caloocan, city,@i Philippines,#p (a suburb of Manila in southwestern Luzon) }
{ Cebu, Cebu_City, city,@i Philippines,#p (an important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines) }
{ Quezon_City, city,@i Philippines,#p (city on Luzon adjoining Manila) }
{ Pinatubo, Mount_Pinatubo, noun.object:volcano,@i (a volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy) }
{ Visayan_Islands, Bisayas, noun.object:island,@i Philippines1,#p (group of islands in the central Philippines) }

{ Poland, Republic_of_Poland, Polska, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II) }
{ Warszawa, Warsaw, capital_of_Poland, national_capital,@i Poland,#p (the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland) }
{ Bydgoszcz, Bromberg, city,@i Poland,#p (an industrial city and river port in northern Poland) }
{ Cracow, Krakow, Krakau, city,@i Poland,#p (an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula) }
{ Czestochowa, city,@i Poland,#p (a city of southern Poland whose church contains the statue of the black Madonna which attracts many pilgrims) }
{ Gdansk, Danzig, city,@i port,@i Poland,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century) }
{ Katowice, city,@i Poland,#p (an industrial city of southern Poland) }
{ Lodz, city,@i Poland,#p (a large city of central Poland) }
{ Lublin, city,@i Poland,#p (an industrial city of eastern Poland) }
{ Wroclaw, Breslau, city,@i Poland,#p (a city in southwestern Poland on the Oder) }
{ Zabrze, city,@i Poland,#p (an industrial city in southern Poland) }

{ Iberian_Peninsula, [ Iberia, adj.pert:iberian,+ ] noun.object:peninsula,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a peninsula in southwestern Europe) }
{ Portugal, Portuguese_Republic, European_country,@i Iberian_Peninsula,#p noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:EU,#m noun.group:NATO,#m (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)) }
{ Azores, Acores, noun.object:island,@i Portugal,#p (islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal; "the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes") }
{ Madeira, noun.object:island,@i Madeira_Islands,#p (an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands) }
{ Madeira_Islands, Madeiras, noun.object:archipelago,@i Portugal,#p (a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Morocco; the group forms an autonomous region of Portugal) }
{ Braga, city,@i Portugal,#p (an ancient city in northern Portugal) }
{ Lisbon, Lisboa, capital_of_Portugal, national_capital,@i port,@i Portugal,#p (capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic) }
{ Porto, Oporto, city,@i port,@i Portugal,#p (port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine) }
{ Setubal, city,@i port,@i Portugal,#p (a port city on the Atlantic coast of Portugal to the southeast of Lisbon) }
{ Qatar1, Qatar_Peninsula, Katar1, Katar_Peninsula, noun.object:peninsula,@i Arabian_Peninsula,#p (a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf) }
{ Qatar, State_of_Qatar, Katar, State_of_Katar, Asian_country,@i Qatar1,#p Gulf_States1,#p noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m noun.group:OPEC,#m (an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil) }
{ Doha, Bida, El_Beda, capital_of_Qatar, national_capital,@i port,@i Qatar,#p (the capital and chief port of Qatar) }
{ Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis, Federation_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis, Saint_Christopher-Nevis, St._Christopher-Nevis, St._Kitts_and_Nevis, country,@i Leeward_Islands,#p Caribbean,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983) }
{ Saint_Christopher, St._Christopher, Saint_Kitts, St._Kitts, noun.object:island,@i Saint_Christopher-Nevis,#p (the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis) }
{ Basseterre, national_capital,@i Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis,#p (the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher) }
{ Nevis, noun.object:island,@i Saint_Christopher-Nevis,#p (one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis) }
{ Sombrero, noun.object:island,@i Saint_Christopher-Nevis,#p (one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis) }
{ Saint_Lucia1, St._Lucia1, noun.object:island,@i Saint_Lucia,#p (a volcanic island in the Windward Isles to the south of Martinique) }
{ Saint_Lucia, St._Lucia, country,@i Windward_Islands,#p Caribbean,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979) }
{ Castries, national_capital,@i port,@i Saint_Lucia,#p (a port on the island of Saint Lucia; capital and largest city of Saint Lucia) }
{ Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines, St._Vincent_and_the_Grenadines, country,@i Windward_Islands,#p Caribbean,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979) }
{ Saint_Vincent, St._Vincent, noun.object:island,@i Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines,#p (an island in the center of the Windward Islands; the largest of the islands comprising Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) }
{ Kingstown, national_capital,@i Saint_Vincent,#p (the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; on Saint Vincent) }
{ French_Polynesia, French_Oceania, possession,@i Polynesia,#p (a French overseas possession in the South Pacific) }
{ [ Tahiti, adj.pert:tahitian,+ ] noun.object:island,@i Society_Islands,#p (an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin) }
{ Papeete, city,@i Tahiti,#p (the capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti) }
{ Society_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i French_Polynesia,#p (an island group of French Polynesia in the South Pacific to the east of Samoa) }
{ Tuamotu_Archipelago, Paumotu_Archipelago, Low_Archipelago, noun.object:archipelago,@i French_Polynesia,#p (a group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia) }
{ Tubuai_Islands, Austral_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i French_polynesia,#p (a chain of small islands in French Polynesia) }
{ Gambier_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i French_Polynesia,#p (a group of islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia) }
{ Marquesas_Islands, Iles_Marquises, noun.object:archipelago,@i French_Polynesia,#p (a group of volcanic islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia) }
{ Samoa1, Samoan_Islands, noun.object:island,@i Polynesia,#p (a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop) }
{ [ Samoa, adj.pert:samoan,+ ] Independent_State_of_Samoa, Western_Samoa, Samoa_i_Sisifo, country,@i Samoa1,#p (a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific) }
{ Apia, capital_of_Western_Samoa, national_capital,@i Samoa,#p (the capital of Western Samoa) }
{ American_Samoa, Eastern_Samoa, AS, district,@i Samoa1,#p (a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa) }
{ Pago_Pago, Pango_Pango, port,@i American_Samoa,#p (a port in American Samoa) }
{ San_Marino, Republic_of_San_Marino, European_country,@i Italian_Peninsula,#p noun.object:Europe,#p (the smallest republic in the world; the oldest independent country in Europe (achieved independence in 301); located in the Apennines and completely surrounded by Italy) }
{ San_Marino1, capital_of_San_Marino, national_capital,@i San_Marino,#p (the capital and only city of San Marino) }
{ Sao_Tome_and_Principe, Democratic_Republic_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe, Sao_Tome_e_Principe, Sao_Thome_e_Principe, St._Thomas_and_Principe, country,@i noun.object:Atlantic,#p (island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves) }
{ Sao_Tome, national_capital,@i Sao_Tome_and_Principe,#p (capital of Sao Tome and Principe) }
{ Principe, noun.object:island,@i Sao_Tome_and_Principe,#p (an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe) }

{ [ Saudi_Arabia, adj.pert:saudi-arabian,+ ] Kingdom_of_Saudi_Arabia, Asian_country,@i Middle_East,#p Arabian_Peninsula,#p Gulf_States1,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m noun.group:OPEC,#m (an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy) }
{ Riyadh, capital_of_Saudi_Arabia, national_capital,@i Saudi_Arabia,#p (joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis; largest city in Saudi Arabia) }
{ Mecca, capital_of_Saudi_Arabia,@i Saudi_Arabia,#p Hejaz,#p (joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam) }
{ Medina, Al_Madinah, city,@i Saudi_Arabia,#p Hejaz,#p (a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam) }
{ Dhahran, town,@i Saudi_Arabia,#p noun.act:terrorism,;c (an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people) }
{ Jeddah, Jed'dah, Jiddah, Jidda, city,@i port,@i Saudi_Arabia,#p (port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca) }
{ Tabuk, city,@i Saudi_Arabia,#p (a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia) }
{ Taif, city,@i Saudi_Arabia,#p (a city in western Saudi Arabia to the east of Mecca) }
{ Nejd, Najd, geographical_area,@i noun.object:tableland,@i Saudi_Arabia,#p Arabian_Peninsula,#p (a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) }
{ Hejaz, Hedjaz, Hijaz, geographical_area,@i Saudi_Arabia,#p Arabian_peninsula,#p (a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) }
{ Senegal, Republic_of_Senegal, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960) }
{ Dakar, capital_of_Senegal, national_capital,@i port,@i Senegal,#p (the capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal) }
{ Seychelles1, Seychelles_islands, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Indian_Ocean,#p (a group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar) }
{ Seychelles, Republic_of_Seychelles, country,@i Seychelles1,#p (a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976) }
{ Victoria2, capital_of_Seychelles, national_capital,@i port,@i Seychelles,#p (port city and the capital of Seychelles) }
{ [ Sierra_Leone, adj.pert:sierra_leonean,+ ] Republic_of_Sierra_Leone, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961) }
{ Freetown, capital_of_Sierra_Leone, national_capital,@i port,@i Sierra_Leone,#p (port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone) }
{ [ Singapore1, adj.pert:singaporean2,+ ] Singapore_Island, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:South_China_Sea,#p (an island to the south of the Malay Peninsula) }
{ [ Singapore, adj.pert:singaporean2,+ adj.pert:singaporean1,+ ] Republic_of_Singapore, Asian_country,@i Singapore1,#p Southeast_Asia,#p noun.group:ASEAN,#m (a country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in 1965) }
{ [ Singapore2, adj.pert:singaporean1,+ ] capital_of_Singapore, national_capital,@i Singapore,#p (the capital of Singapore; one of the world's biggest ports) }
{ Solomons, Solomon_Islands1, noun.object:archipelago,@i Melanesia,#p (the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth) }
{ Solomon_Islands, country,@i Solomon_Islands1,#p (the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth) }
{ Honiara, national_capital,@i Solomon_Islands,#p (national capital of Solomon Islands) }
{ [ Somalia, adj.pert:somalian,+ ] African_country,@i Somali_peninsula,#p noun.object:Africa,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m (a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare) }
{ Mogadishu, Mogadiscio, capital_of_Somalia, national_capital,@i port,@i Somalia,#p (the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean) }
{ Hargeisa, city,@i Somalia,#p (a city in northwestern Somalia) }
{ Somali_peninsula, Horn_of_Africa, noun.object:peninsula,@i noun.object:Africa,#p noun.object:Africa,;r (a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia) }
{ [ South_Africa, adj.pert:south_african,+ ] Republic_of_South_Africa, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p noun.group:British_Commonwealth,#m (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)) }
{ Pretoria, capital_of_South_Africa, national_capital,@i South_Africa,#p (city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa) }
{ Cape_Town, city,@i port,@i South_Africa,#p (port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa) }
{ Johannesburg, city,@i South_Africa,#p (city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries) }
{ Kimberley, city,@i South_Africa,#p (city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing) }
{ Durban, city,@i port,@i South_Africa,#p (a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center) }
{ Free_State2, Orange_Free_State, province,@i South_Africa,#p (a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997) }
{ Transvaal, province,@i South_Africa,#p (a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers) }
{ Cape_Province, Cape_of_Good_Hope_Province, Cape_Colony, province,@i South_Africa,#p (a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa) }
{ Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef, region,@i Transvaal,#p (a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese) }
{ Cape_of_Good_Hope1, province,@i (a province of western South Africa) }
{ Cape_of_Good_Hope, noun.object:cape,@i (a point of land in southwestern South Africa (south of Cape Town)) }
{ Bloemfontein, city,@i South_Africa,#p (the seat of the supreme court) }
{ Soweto, city,@i South_Africa,#p (a large collection of African townships to the southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black Africans) }

{ Rus, country,@i (the medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev) }
{ [ Russia2, adj.pert:Russian,+ ] empire,@i noun.object:Eurasia,#p (a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917) }
{ Soviet_Union, Russia, Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics, USSR, country,@i noun.object:Eurasia,#p (a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991) }
{ Muscovy, principality,@i Russia2,#p (a Russian principality in the 13th to 16th centuries; Moscow was the capital) }
{ Moscow, capital_of_the_Russian_Federation, Russian_capital, national_capital,@i Russia4,#p (a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation) }
{ Astrakhan, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River) }
{ Cherepovets, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city of east central Russia to the north of Moscow) }
{ Chechnya, Chechenia, Chechen_Republic, geographical_area,@i Russia4,#p (an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic) }
{ Grozny, Groznyy, city,@i Russia4,#p (the capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields) }
{ Kaluga, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city of central Russia to the south of Moscow) }
{ Khabarovsk, administrative_district,@i Siberia,#p Russia4,#p (an administrative territory in Russia on the eastern coast of Siberia) }
{ Khabarovsk1, city,@i Khabarovsk,#p (a city on the Amur River on the border of China and the capital of Khabarovsk) }
{ Kursk, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city of southwestern Russia) }
{ [ Siberia, adj.pert:siberian,+ ] geographical_area,@i Russia4,#p (a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters) }
{ Soviet_Socialist_Republic, state1,@ Soviet_Union,#p (one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991)) }
{ [ Russia4, adj.pert:russian,+ ] Russian_Federation, country,@i noun.object:Eurasia,#p noun.group:CIS,#m (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state) }
{ European_Russia, geographical_area,@i Russia4,#p noun.object:Europe,#p (the part of Russia that is part of Europe) }
{ Asian_Russia, Russia4,@i noun.object:Asia,#p (the Russia that is part of Asia) }
{ Soviet_Russia, Russia1, Russian_Soviet_Federated_Socialist_Republic, Soviet_Socialist_Republic,@i Soviet_Union,#p noun.object:Eurasia,#p (formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia) }
{ Nizhnyi_Novgorod, Nizhni_Novgorod, Gorki, Gorky, Gorkiy, city,@i Russia4,#p (an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky) }
{ Kazan, city,@i Russia4,#p (an industrial city in the European part of Russia) }
{ St._Petersburg, Leningrad, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint_Petersburg, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia) }
{ Murmansk, city,@i port,@i Russia4,#p (a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II) }
{ Nalchik, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city in southwestern Russia in a valley of the Caucasus Mountains; an industrial center and health resort) }
{ Novgorod, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River; Russia's oldest city and an important trading center in the Middle Ages) }
{ Perm, Molotov, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city in the European part of Russia) }
{ Rostov, Rostov_on_Don, Rostov_na_Donu, city,@i port,@i Russia4,#p (a seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia) }
{ Saratov, city,@i Russia4,#p (an industrial city in the European part of Russia) }
{ Smolensk, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II) }
{ Ufa, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city in the European part of Russia) }
{ Volgograd, Stalingrad, Tsaritsyn, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43) }
{ Novosibirsk, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city in the Asian part of Russia on the Ob river; largest city in Siberia) }
{ Chelyabinsk, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city in the Asian part of Russia) }
{ Omsk, city,@i Russia4,#p (a city in the Asian part of Russia) }
{ Vladivostok, city,@i Russia4,#p (a seaport in the Asian part of Russia) }
{ Novaya_Zemlya, Nova_Zembla, noun.object:island,@i Russia4,#p (two islands in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia; site of a test center for nuclear warheads) }
{ Kola_Peninsula, noun.object:peninsula,@i Russia4,#p (a peninsula in northwestern Russia projecting eastward between the Barents Sea and the White Sea) }

{ [ Belarus, adj.pert:belarusian,+ ] Republic_of_Belarus, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Belorussia, White_Russia, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:CIS,#m (a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet) }
{ Minsk, capital_of_Belarus, national_capital,@i Belarus,#p (the capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States) }
{ Homyel, Homel, Gomel, city,@i Belarus,#p (industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk) }
{ Pinsk, city,@i Belarus,#p (a city of southwestern Belarus) }
{ Lubavitch, town,@i Belarus,#p (a town in Belarus that was the center of the Chabad movement for a brief period during the 19th century) }

{ Baltic_State, Baltic_Republic, geographical_area,@ noun.object:Europe,#p (European countries bordering the Baltic Sea) }
{ [ Estonia, adj.pert:estonian,+ ] Esthonia, Republic_of_Estonia, Baltic_State,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea) }
{ Tallinn, Tallin, capital_of_Estonia, national_capital,@i port,@i Estonia,#p (a port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia) }
{ Tartu, city,@i Estonia,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (a city of southeastern Estonia that was a member of the Hanseatic League) }
{ Livonia, geographical_area,@i Estonia,#p Latvia,#p (a region on the Baltic that is divided between northern Estonia and southern Latvia) }

{ [ Latvia, adj.pert:latvian,+ ] Republic_of_Latvia, Baltic_State,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea) }
{ Riga, capital_of_Latvia, national_capital,@i port,@i Latvia,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League) }
{ Liepaja, city,@i Latvia,#p (a city of southwestern Latvia on the Baltic Sea) }
{ Daugavpils, city,@i Latvia,#p (a city of southeastern Latvia) }

{ [ Lithuania, adj.pert:lithuanian,+ ] Republic_of_Lithuania, Lietuva, Baltic_State,@i (a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea) }
{ Klaipeda, Memel, city,@i Lithuania,#p noun.group:Hanseatic_League,#m (a city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League) }
{ Vilnius, Vilna, Vilno, Wilno, capital_of_Lithuania, national_capital,@i Lithuania,#p (the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania) }
{ Kaunas, Kovna, Kovno, city,@i Lithuania,#p (a city in central Lithuania) }

{ [ Moldova, adj.pert:moldovan,+ ] Republic_of_Moldova, Moldavia, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:CIS,#m (a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991) }
{ Kishinev, Chisinau, capital_of_Moldova, national_capital,@i Moldova,#p (the capital of Moldova) }

{ [ Ukraine, adj.pert:ukrainian,+ ] Ukrayina, country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:CIS,#m (a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century) }
{ Crimea, noun.object:peninsula,@i Ukraine,#p (a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov) }
{ Colchis, geographical_area,@i noun.group:Greek_mythology,;c ((Greek mythology) a region on the Black Sea to the south of the Caucasus that was the site of an ancient country where (according to Greek mythology) Jason sought the Golden Fleece) }
{ Kyyiv, Kiev, capital_of_the_Ukraine, national_capital,@i Ukraine,#p (capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center) }
{ Donetsk, Donetske, Stalino, city,@i Ukraine,#p (an industrial city in the Donets Basin) }
{ Donets_Basin, Donbass, Donbas, geographical_area,@i Ukraine,#p (an industrial region in the Ukraine) }
{ Chernobyl, city,@i Ukraine,#p (a city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986)) }
{ Dneprodzerzhinsk, city,@i port,@i (port city and industrial center in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River) }
{ Dnipropetrovsk, Yekaterinoslav, city,@i (city in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River; center of metallurgical industry) }
{ Kharkov, Kharkiv, city,@i Ukraine,#p (a city in northeastern Ukraine; former capital of the Ukraine) }
{ Odessa, Odesa, city,@i port,@i Ukraine,#p (a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea) }
{ Sebastopol, Sevastopol, city,@i Crimea,#p (a city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea) }
{ Yalta, city,@i Crimea,#p (a resort city in Crimea in the southern Ukraine on the Black Sea; site of the Allied conference between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill in February 1945) }

{ [ Armenia, adj.pert:armenian,+ ] Republic_of_Armenia, Hayastan, Asian_country,@i Transcaucasia,#p noun.group:CIS,#m (a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors) }
{ Yerevan, Jerevan, Erivan, capital_of_Armenia, national_capital,@i Armenia,#p (capital of Armenia) }

{ Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani_Republic, Azerbajdzhan, Azerbajdzhan_Republic, Asian_country,@i Transcaucasia,#p noun.group:CIS,#m (a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet) }
{ Baku, capital_of_Azerbaijan, national_capital,@i port,@i Azerbaijan,#p (a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production) }

{ Iberia1, geographical_region,@i (an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia) }
{ [ Georgia1, adj.pert:georgian5,+ ] Sakartvelo, Asian_country,@i Transcaucasia,#p noun.group:CIS,#m (a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991) }
{ Tbilisi, Tiflis, capital_of_Georgia, national_capital,@i Georgia1,#p (the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river) }
{ Abkhaz, Abkhazia, state1,@i Georgia1,#p (an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability) }
{ Adzhar, Adzharia, state1,@i Georgia1,#p (an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea) }

{ Kazakhstan, Republic_of_Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazakh, Kazak, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:CIS,#m (a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991) }
{ Astana, Akmola, capital_of_Kazakhstan, national_capital,@i (remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998) }
{ Almaty, Alma-Ata, city,@i Kazakhstan,#p (the largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998) }
{ Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz_Republic, Kirghizia, Kirgizia, Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Kirghizstan, Kirgizstan, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:CIS,#m (a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991) }
{ Bishkek, Biskek, Frunze, capital_of_Kyrgyzstan, national_capital,@i Kyrgyzstan,#p (the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991)) }

{ Tajikistan, Republic_of_Tajikistan, Tadzhikistan, Tadzhik, Tadjik, Tajik, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:CIS,#m (a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet) }
{ Dushanbe, Dusanbe, Dyushambe, Stalinabad, capital_of_Tajikistan, national_capital,@i Tajikistan,#p (the capital of Tajikistan; formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991) }

{ Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen, Turkmenia, country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:CIS,#m (a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991) }
{ Ashkhabad, capital_of_Turkmenistan, national_capital,@i Turkmenistan,#p (the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan) }

{ Kamchatka_Peninsula, noun.object:peninsula,@i Siberia,#p (a peninsula in eastern Siberia; between Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk) }
{ Taimyr_Peninsula, Taymyr_Peninsula, noun.object:peninsula,@i Siberia,#p (a peninsula in northern Siberia) }

{ Uzbekistan, Republic_of_Uzbekistan, Uzbek, Asian_country,@i noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:CIS,#m (a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet) }
{ Tashkent, Taskent, capital_of_Uzbek, national_capital,@i Uzbekistan,#p (the capital of Uzbekistan) }
{ Samarkand, Samarcand, city,@i Uzbekistan,#p (city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century) }
{ [ Latin_America, adj.pert:latin-american,+ ] geographical_area,@i noun.object:North_America,;r noun.object:South_America,;r (the parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken) }
{ Andorra, Principality_of_Andorra, European_country,@i Iberian_Peninsula,#p noun.object:Europe,#p (a small republic in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France) }

{ Spain, Kingdom_of_Spain, Espana, European_country,@i Iberian_Peninsula,#p noun.object:Europe,#p noun.group:EU,#m noun.group:NATO,#m (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power) }
{ Madrid, capital_of_Spain, Spanish_capital, national_capital,@i Spain,#p (the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum) }
{ Balearic_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Spain,#p (an archipelago in the western Mediterranean off the eastern coast of Spain) }
{ Majorca, noun.object:island,@i Spain,#p Balearic_Islands,#p (the largest of the Balearic Islands) }
{ Canary_Islands, Canaries, noun.object:island,@i Spain,#p (a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces) }
{ Barcelona, city,@i port,@i Spain,#p (a city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean; 2nd largest Spanish city and the largest port and commercial center; has been a center for radical political beliefs) }
{ Cadiz, city,@i port,@i Spain,#p (an ancient port city in southwestern Spain) }
{ Cartagena, city,@i port,@i Spain,#p (a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean) }
{ Cordoba, Cordova, city,@i Spain,#p (a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture) }
{ Granada, city,@i Andalusia,#p (a city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492; site of the Alhambra (a palace and fortress built by Moors in the Middle Ages) which is now a major tourist attraction) }
{ Jerez, Jerez_de_la_Frontera, city,@i Spain,#p (a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry) }
{ Leon1, city,@i Spain,#p (a city in northwestern Spain at the foot of the Cantabrian Mountains) }
{ Logrono, city,@i Spain,@ (a city in northern Spain on the Ebro River) }
{ Malaga, city,@i port,@i Spain,#p (a port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean) }
{ Oviedo, city,@i Spain,#p (a city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains) }
{ San_Sebastian, city,@i Spain,#p (a city in northern Spain on the Bay of Biscay near the French border; a fashionable seaside resort) }
{ Sevilla, Seville, city,@i port,@i Spain,#p (a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain) }
{ Toledo1, city,@i Spain,#p (a city in central Spain on the Tagus river; famous for steel and swords since the first century) }
{ Aragon, district,@i Spain,#p (a region of northeastern Spain; a former kingdom that united with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (after the marriage of Ferdinand V and Isabella I)) }
{ Zaragoza, Saragossa, city,@i Spain,#p (an ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain; formerly the capital of Aragon) }
{ Castile, Castilla, district,@i Spain,#p (a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479) }
{ [ Catalonia, adj.pert:catalan1,+ adj.pert:catalan,+ ] district,@i Spain,#p (a region of northeastern Spain) }
{ Galicia, geographical_area,@i Spain,#p (a region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay) }
{ Leon2, geographical_area,@i (a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain) }
{ Valencia, city,@i Spain,#p (a city in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean; "Valencia is the third largest city in Spain") }
{ Tenerife, noun.object:island,@i Canary_Islands,#p noun.object:Atlantic,#p (a Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islands) }
{ [ Gibraltar, adj.pert:gibraltarian,+ ] Rock_of_Gibraltar, Calpe, noun.group:colony,@i noun.object:promontory,@i noun.object:Pillars_of_Hercules,#p noun.object:Europe,#p (location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules) }

{ Sudan1, Soudan1, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea) }
{ Sudan, Republic_of_the_Sudan, Soudan, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m (a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956) }
{ Darfur, district,@i Sudan,#p (an impoverished region of western Sudan; "Darfur was a semi-independent sultanate until 1917 and is ethnically distinct from central Sudan") }
{ Kordofan, district,@i Sudan,#p (a mountainous province of central Sudan) }
{ Khartoum, capital_of_Sudan, national_capital,@i Sudan,#p (the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile) }
{ Nyala, city,@i Sudan,#p (city in Sudan) }
{ Port_Sudan, city,@i port,@i Sudan,#p (port city in Sudan on the Red Sea) }
{ Omdurman, city,@i Sudan,#p (a city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum) }

{ Suriname, Republic_of_Suriname, Surinam, Dutch_Guiana, Netherlands_Guiana, South_American_country,@i Guiana,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975) }
{ Paramaribo, capital_of_Suriname, national_capital,@i port,@i Suriname,#p (the capital and largest city and major port of Surinam) }
{ Swaziland, Kingdom_of_Swaziland, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968) }
{ Mbabane, capital_of_Swaziland, national_capital,@i Swaziland,#p (capital of Swaziland; located in northwestern Swaziland) }
{ Switzerland, Swiss_Confederation, Suisse, Schweiz, Svizzera, European_country,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe) }
{ Helvetia, Switzerland,@i (the Latin name for Switzerland) }
{ Swiss_canton, canton1,@ Switzerland,#p (one of the cantons of Switzerland) }
{ Bern, Berne, capital_of_Switzerland, national_capital,@i Switzerland,#p (the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland) }
{ Basel, Basle, Bale, city,@i Switzerland,#p (a city in northwestern Switzerland) }
{ Geneva, Geneve, Genf, city,@i Switzerland,#p (a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations) }
{ Interlaken, town,@i Switzerland,#p (a popular resort town in the Alps in west central Switzerland) }
{ Lausanne, city,@i Switzerland,#p (a city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial center) }
{ Zurich, city,@i Switzerland,#p (the largest city in Switzerland; located in the northern part of the country; "Zurich is the center of the German-speaking part of Switzerland") }

{ [ Syria, adj.pert:syrian,+ ] Syrian_Arab_Republic, Asian_country,@i Middle_East,#p noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m (an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization) }
{ [ Aram, adj.pert:aramean,+ adj.pert:aramaean,+ ] Syria,@i (the biblical name for ancient Syria) }
{ Dimash, Damascus, capital_of_Syria, national_capital,@i Syria,#p (an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus) }
{ Halab, Aleppo, Alep, city,@i Syria,#p (a city in northwestern Syria) }
{ Al_Ladhiqiyah, Latakia, city,@i port,@i Syria,#p (a seaport on the western coast of Syria) }

{ [ Tanzania, adj.pert:tanzanian,+ ] United_Republic_of_Tanzania, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p East_Africa,#p (a republic in eastern Africa) }
{ Dar_es_Salaam, capital_of_Tanzania, national_capital,@i port,@i Tanzania,#p (the capital and largest port city of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean) }
{ Dodoma, city,@i Tanzania,#p (a city in the center of Tanzania that has been designated as the future capital) }
{ Tanganyika, geographical_area,@i Tanzania,#p (a former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania) }
{ Zanzibar, noun.object:island,@i Tanzania,#p (an island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa; part of the United Republic of Tanzania) }
{ Mbeya, city,@i Tanzania,#p (a city in southwestern Tanzania) }
{ Mwanza, city,@i Tanzania,#p (a city in northern Tanzania on Lake Victoria) }
{ Tabora, city,@i Tanzania,#p (a city in western Tanzania) }
{ Tanga, city,@i port,@i Tanzania,#p (a port city in northeastern Tanzania on the Indian Ocean) }
{ Serengeti, Serengeti_Plain, noun.object:plain,@i Tanzania,#p (a vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife) }
{ Serengeti_National_Park, national_park,@i Serengeti,#p (a national park in Tanzania created in 1951 to protect the wildlife) }

{ Thailand, Kingdom_of_Thailand, Siam, Asian_country,@i Malay_Peninsula,#p Indochina,#p noun.group:ASEAN,#m (a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula; "Thailand is the official name of the former Siam") }
{ Bangkok, capital_of_Thailand, Krung_Thep, national_capital,@i port,@i Thailand,#p (the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture) }

{ [ Tonga, adj.pert:tongan1,+ ] Kingdom_of_Tonga, Friendly_Islands, country,@i Polynesia,#p (a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970) }

{ [ Tunisia, adj.pert:tunisian1,+ ] Republic_of_Tunisia, African_country,@i Maghreb,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m (a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956; "southern Tunisia is mostly desert") }
{ Tunis, capital_of_Tunisia, national_capital,@i port,@i Tunisia,#p (the capital and principal port of Tunisia) }
{ Ariana, city,@i Tunisia,#p (city in Tunisia) }
{ Ehadhamen, city,@i Tunisia,#p (city in Tunisia) }
{ Gafsa, city,@i Tunisia,#p (a city in west central Tunisia) }
{ Sfax, Safaqis, city,@i Tunisia,#p (the second largest city in Tunisia; located in eastern Tunisia near a phosphate region) }
{ Sousse, Susa, Susah, city,@i port,@i Tunisia,#p (a port city in eastern Tunisia on the Mediterranean) }
{ Ottoman_Empire, Turkish_Empire, empire,@i noun.object:Europe,#p noun.object:Asia,#p noun.object:Africa,#p (a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire) }
{ Kurdistan, geographical_area,@i Turkey,#p Iraq,#p Iran,#p Syria,#p (an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus) }
{ Iraqi_Kurdistan, geographical_area,@i Kurdistan,#p Iraq,#p (the part of Kurdistan that is in northwestern Iraq) }
{ Turkey, Republic_of_Turkey, country,@i Middle_East,#p Asia_Minor,#p Balkan_Peninsula,#p noun.group:NATO,#m (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923) }
{ Abydos, town,@i Turkey,#p (an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander) }
{ Adana, Seyhan, city,@i Turkey,#p (a city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River) }
{ Ankara, Turkish_capital, capital_of_Turkey, Angora, national_capital,@i Turkey,#p (the capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats) }
{ Antalya, Adalia, city,@i port,@i Turkey,#p (a port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya) }
{ Antioch, Antakya, Antakiya, town,@i Turkey,#p (a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity) }
{ Chalcedon, Kadikoy, town,@i Istanbul,#p (a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon) }
{ Dardanelles, Canakkale_Bogazi, Hellespont, noun.object:strait,@i Turkey,#p (the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey) }
{ Halicarnassus, city,@i Turkey,#p (an ancient Greek city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the mausoleum at Halicarnassus) }
{ Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople, city,@i Turkey,#p (the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church) }
{ Bursa, Brusa, city,@i Turkey,#p (a city in northwestern Turkey) }
{ Izmir, Smyrna, city,@i port,@i Turkey,#p (a port city in western Turkey) }
{ Pergamum, city,@i Turkey,#p (an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; the technique of preparing sheepskins as parchment was developed here) }
{ Sardis, city,@i Turkey,#p (an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; as the capital of Lydia it was the cultural center of Asia Minor; destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402) }
{ Ionia, geographical_area,@i Asia_Minor,#p (region of western Asia Minor colonized by ancient Greeks) }
{ Uganda, Republic_of_Uganda, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p East_Africa,#p (a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962) }
{ Buganda, state1,@i Uganda,#p (a state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom) }
{ Entebbe, town,@i Uganda,#p (a town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers)) }
{ Jinja, city,@i Uganda,#p (a city in Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria) }
{ Kampala, capital_of_Uganda, national_capital,@i Buganda,#p (the capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria) }
{ Gulu, city,@i Uganda,#p (a city in northern Uganda) }
{ United_Arab_Emirates, Asian_country,@i Arabian_Peninsula,#p Gulf_States1,#p noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m noun.group:OPEC,#m (a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; rich in oil reserves) }
{ Abu_Dhabi, United_Arab_Emirates's_capital, national_capital,@i United_Arab_Emirates,#p (a sheikhdom of eastern Arabia and capital of the United Arab Emirates) }
{ Dubai, city,@i port,@i United_Arab_Emirates,#p (port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf) }

{ United_States, United_States_of_America, [ America, adj.pert:american1,+ ] the_States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A., North_American_country,@i noun.object:North_America,#p noun.group:NATO,#m noun.group:OAS,#m (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) }
{ East_Coast, geographical_area,@i East1,#p (the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.)) }
{ West_Coast, geographical_area,@i West1,#p (the western seaboard of the United States from Washington to southern California) }
{ [ Colony, noun.person:colonist,+ ] geographical_area,@ United_States,#p (one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States) }
{ New_England, geographical_area,@i United_States,#p (a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut) }
{ Mid-Atlantic_states, geographical_area,@i United_States,#p (a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland) }
{ Gulf_States, geographical_area,@i South1,#p (a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas) }
{ [ slave_state, free_state,! ] American_state,@ Confederacy,#p (any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War) }
{ [ free_state, slave_state,! ] American_state,@ Union,#p (any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War) }
{ Confederacy, Confederate_States, Confederate_States_of_America, South, Dixie, Dixieland, geographical_area,@i (the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861) }
{ South1, geographical_area,@i United_States,#p (the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line) }
{ Deep_South, geographical_area,@i South1,#p (the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery) }
{ Old_South, South1,@i (the South of the United States before the American Civil War) }
{ Sunbelt, geographical_area,@i United_States,#p (states in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative) }
{ Tidewater, Tidewater_region, geographical_area,@i South1,#p (the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia) }
{ Piedmont1, geographical_area,@i South1,#p (the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama) }
{ Union, North1, United_States,@i noun.location:United_States,;r (the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale") }
{ North2, geographical_area,@i United_States,#p (the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line) }
{ Carolina, Carolinas, geographical_area,@i South1,#p (the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina) }
{ Dakota, geographical_area,@i United_States,#p (the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota) }

{ Alabama, Heart_of_Dixie, Camellia_State, AL, Ala., American_state,@i United_States,#p Gulf_States,#p South1,@ Confederacy,#m Deep_South,#p (a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) }
{ Montgomery, capital_of_Alabama, state_capital,@i Alabama,#p (the state capital of Alabama on the Mobile River) }
{ Birmingham1, Pittsburgh_of_the_South, city,@i Alabama,#p (the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama) }
{ Decatur, town,@i Alabama,#p (a town in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River) }
{ Gadsden, town,@i Alabama,#p (an industrial town in north central Alabama) }
{ Huntsville, city,@i Alabama,#p (a city in northern Alabama; center for space research) }
{ Mobile, city,@i port,@i Alabama,#p (a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay) }
{ Selma, town,@i Alabama,#p (a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters) }
{ Tuscaloosa, town,@i Alabama,#p (a university town in west central Alabama) }
{ Tuskegee, town,@i Alabama,#p (a town in eastern Alabama) }
{ [ Alaska, adj.pert:alaskan,+ ] Last_Frontier, AK, American_state,@i United_States,#p (a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union; "Alaska is the largest state in the United States") }
{ Juneau, capital_of_Alaska, state_capital,@i Alaska,#p (the state capital of Alaska) }
{ Anchorage1, city,@i Alaska,#p (a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska") }
{ Nome, town,@i Alaska,#p (a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century) }
{ Sitka, town,@i Alaska,#p (a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906) }
{ Skagway, town,@i Alaska,#p (a town in southeastern Alaska at the northern end of the Inside Passage; a gateway to the Klondike during the Alaskan gold rush) }
{ Valdez, port,@i Alaska,#p (a port on Alaska's southern coast from which oil is shipped to markets around the world) }
{ Seward_Peninsula, noun.object:peninsula,@i Alaska,#p (a peninsula in western Alaska that projects westward into the Bering Sea just below the Arctic Circle) }
{ Alexander_Archipelago, noun.object:archipelago,@i Alaska,#p (a group of islands off southeastern Alaska) }
{ Admiralty_Island, noun.object:island,@i Alexander_Archipelago,#p (an Alaskan island in the Alexander Archipelago near Juneau) }

{ Arizona, Grand_Canyon_State, AZ, American_state,@i United_States,#p Southwest,#p (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon) }
{ Flagstaff, town,@i Arizona,#p (a town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory) }
{ Mesa, city,@i Arizona,#p (a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix) }
{ Nogales, town,@i port_of_entry,@i Arizona,#p (a town in Arizona on the Mexican border opposite Nogales, Mexico) }
{ Phoenix, capital_of_Arizona, state_capital,@i Arizona,#p (the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation) }
{ Prescott, town,@i Arizona,#p (a town in central Arizona) }
{ Sun_City, suburb,@i Arizona,#p (a residential suburb of Phoenix) }
{ Tucson, city,@i Arizona,#p (a city in southeastern Arizona ringed by mountain ranges; long known as a winter and health resort but the population shift from industrial states to the Sunbelt resulted in rapid growth late in the 20th century) }
{ Yuma, town,@i Arizona,#p (a town in southwestern Arizona on the Colorado River and the California border) }

{ Arkansas, Land_of_Opportunity, AR, Ark., American_state,@i United_States,#p Confederacy,#m (a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) }
{ Fayetteville, town,@i Arkansas,#p (a university town in northwestern Arkansas in the Ozarks) }
{ Fort_Smith, town,@i Arkansas,#p (a town in western Arkansas on the Arkansas River at the Oklahoma border) }
{ Hot_Springs, town,@i Arkansas,#p (a town in west central Arkansas; a health resort noted for thermal springs) }
{ Jonesboro, town,@i Arkansas,#p (a town in northeast Arkansas) }
{ Little_Rock, capital_of_Arkansas, state_capital,@i Arkansas,#p (the state capital and largest city of Arkansas in the central part of Arkansas on the Arkansas River) }
{ Pine_Bluff, town,@i Arkansas,#p (a town in southeast central Arkansas on the Arkansas River) }
{ Texarkana, town,@i Arkansas,#p (a town in southwest Arkansas on the Texas border adjacent to Texarkana, Texas) }
{ [ California, adj.pert:californian,+ ] Golden_State, CA, Calif., American_state,@i United_States,#p Southwest,#p (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes) }
{ Anaheim, city,@i California,#p (a city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles); site of Disneyland) }
{ Disneyland, amusement_park,@i Anaheim,#p (an amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney) }
{ Bakersfield, city,@i California,#p (a city in south central California at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley) }
{ Barstow, town,@i California,#p (a town in southeastern California) }
{ Berkeley, city,@i California,#p (a city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley) }
{ Beverly_Hills, city,@i California,#p (a city in southwestern California surrounded by Los Angeles; home of many Hollywood actors) }
{ Chula_Vista, city,@i California,#p (an industrial city in southern California (south of San Diego) near the Mexican border) }
{ Eureka, town,@i California,#p (a town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean) }
{ Fresno, city,@i California,#p (a city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley; center of an important agricultural area and gateway to the Sierra Nevada Mountains) }
{ Long_Beach, city,@i California,#p (a city in southern California located on 8.5 miles of Pacific beachfront; was a resort until oil was discovered in 1921) }
{ Los_Angeles, City_of_the_Angels, L.A., city,@i port_of_entry,@i California,#p (a city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States) }
{ Hollywood, city_district,@i (a district of Los Angeles long associated with the American film industry) }
{ Monterey, town,@i California,#p (a town in western California to the south of San Francisco on a peninsula at the southern end of Monterey Bay) }
{ Oakland, city,@i port,@i California,#p (a city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center) }
{ Palo_Alto, town,@i California,#p (a university town in California) }
{ Pasadena, city,@i California,#p (a city in southwestern California to the east of Los Angeles) }
{ Redding, town,@i California,#p (a town in north central California on the Sacramento River) }
{ Riverside, city,@i California,#p (a city in southern California) }
{ Sacramento, capital_of_California, state_capital,@i California,#p (a city in north central California 75 miles to the northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River; capital of California) }
{ San_Bernardino, city,@i California,#p (a city in southern California to the east of Los Angeles) }
{ San_Diego, city,@i port_of_entry,@i California,#p (a picturesque city of southern California on San Diego Bay near the Mexican border; site of an important naval base) }
{ San_Francisco, city,@i port_of_entry,@i California,#p (a port in western California near the Golden Gate that is one of the major industrial and transportation centers; it has one of the world's finest harbors; site of the Golden Gate Bridge) }
{ Nob_Hill, city_district,@i San_Francisco,#p (a fashionable neighborhood in San Francisco) }
{ San_Jose1, city,@i California,#p (a city in western California located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay to the south of San Francisco; a center for computer and electronics industries) }
{ San_Mateo, town,@i California,#p (a town in California to the south of San Francisco) }
{ San_Pablo, town,@i California,#p (a town in western California to the north of Oakland on an arm of San Francisco Bay) }
{ Santa_Ana, city,@i California,#p (a city in southern California to the east of Long Beach) }
{ Santa_Barbara, town,@i California,#p (a town in southwestern California on the Pacific Ocean) }
{ Santa_Clara, city,@i California,#p (a city of west central California; residential area with light industry) }
{ Santa_Catalina, Catalina_Island, noun.object:island,@i Los_Angeles,#p noun.object:Pacific,#p (an island resort in the Pacific off the southwestern coast of California) }
{ Santa_Cruz, town,@i California,#p (a town in western California on Monterey Bay; a tourist center) }
{ Colorado, Centennial_State, CO, Colo., American_state,@i United_States,#p (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains) }
{ Boulder, town,@i Colorado,#p (a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town) }
{ Colorado_Springs, city,@i Colorado,#p (a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains; popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy) }
{ Denver, Mile-High_City, capital_of_Colorado, state_capital,@i Colorado,#p (the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river) }
{ Pueblo1, city,@i Colorado,#p (a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs) }
{ Connecticut, Nutmeg_State, Constitution_State, CT, Ct., American_state,@i United_States,#p New_England,#p (a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies) }
{ Connecticut1, Colony,@i (one of the British colonies that formed the United States) }
{ Bridgeport, city,@i port,@i Connecticut,#p (a port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound) }
{ Farmington1, town,@i Connecticut,#p (a residential town in central Connecticut) }
{ Hartford, capital_of_Connecticut, state_capital,@i Connecticut,#p (the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business) }
{ New_Haven, city,@i Connecticut,#p (a city in southwestern Connecticut; site of Yale University) }
{ New_London, town,@i Connecticut,#p (a town in southeastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound; an important whaling center in the 19th century) }
{ Waterbury, city,@i Connecticut,#p (a city in west central Connecticut) }
{ Delaware, Diamond_State, First_State, DE, Del., American_state,@i United_States,#p Mid-Atlantic_states,#p (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) }
{ Delaware1, Colony,@i (one of the British colonies that formed the United States) }
{ Dover, capital_of_Delaware, state_capital,@i Delaware,#p (the capital of the state of Delaware) }
{ Wilmington, city,@i Delaware,#p (the largest city in Delaware) }
{ District_of_Columbia, D.C., DC, federal_district,@i United_States,#p (the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia) }
{ [ Washington1, adj.pert:washingtonian1,+ ] Washington_D.C., American_capital, capital_of_the_United_States, national_capital,@i District_of_Columbia,#p (the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791) }
{ Potomac, Washington1,@i (term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.) }
{ Capitol_Hill, the_Hill, noun.object:hill,@i Washington1,#p (a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets; "they are debating the budget today on Capitol Hill") }
{ Georgetown1, residential_district,@i Washington1,#p (a section of northwestern Washington, D.C.) }
{ Florida, Sunshine_State, Everglade_State, FL, Fla., American_state,@i United_States,#p Gulf_States,#p Confederacy,#m (a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) }
{ Daytona_Beach, town,@i Florida,#p (a resort town in northeast Florida on the Atlantic coast; hard white beaches have been used for automobile speed trials) }
{ Fort_Lauderdale, city,@i Florida,#p (a city in southeast Florida on the Atlantic coast to the north of Miami; a favorite place for college students to go on their spring vacations) }
{ Fort_Myers, town,@i Florida,#p (a town in southwest Florida) }
{ Gainesville, town,@i Florida,#p (a university town in north central Florida) }
{ Jacksonville, city,@i port_of_entry,@i Florida,#p (Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida) }
{ Key_West, town,@i Florida,#p (a town on the westernmost of the Florida keys in the Gulf of Mexico) }
{ Melbourne1, town,@i Florida,#p (a resort town in east central Florida) }
{ Miami, city,@i port_of_entry,@i Florida,#p (a city and resort in southeastern Florida on Biscayne Bay; the best known city in Florida; a haven for retirees and a refuge for Cubans fleeing Castro) }
{ Miami_Beach, city,@i Florida,#p (a city in southeastern Florida on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; known for fashionable resort hotels) }
{ Orlando, city,@i Florida,#p (a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World) }
{ Palm_Beach, town,@i Florida,#p (a resort town in southeast Florida on an island on the Atlantic coast) }
{ Panama_City1, town,@i port_of_entry,@i Florida,#p (a resort and fishing town on the Gulf of Mexico in northwest Florida) }
{ Pensacola, town,@i Florida,#p (a town in extreme northwest Florida) }
{ Sarasota, town,@i Florida,#p (a town in west central Florida on the Gulf of Mexico) }
{ St._Augustine, Saint_Augustine, city,@i Florida,#p (a resort city in northeastern Florida; the oldest city in the United States) }
{ St._Petersburg1, Saint_Petersburg1, city,@i Florida,#p (a city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort) }
{ Tallahassee, capital_of_Florida, state_capital,@i Florida,#p (capital of the state of Florida; located in northern Florida) }
{ Tampa, city,@i port_of_entry,@i Florida,#p (a resort city in western Florida; located on Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico) }
{ West_Palm_Beach, town,@i Florida,#p (a town in southeast Florida on the mainland opposite Palm Beach; founded as a commercial center for Palm Beach) }
{ Walt_Disney_World, amusement_park,@i Orlando,#p (a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando) }

{ [ Georgia, adj.pert:georgian4,+ ] Empire_State_of_the_South, Peach_State, GA, Ga., American_state,@i United_States,#p South1,#p Confederacy,#m Deep_South,#p (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) }
{ Georgia2, Colony,@i (one of the British colonies that formed the United States) }
{ Albany1, town,@i Georgia,#p (a town in southwest Georgia; processing center for peanuts and pecans) }
{ Atlanta, capital_of_Georgia1, state_capital,@i Georgia,#p (state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War) }
{ [ Athens1, adj.pert:athenian,+ ] town,@i Georgia,#p (a university town in northeast Georgia) }
{ Augusta1, city,@i Georgia,#p (a city in eastern Georgia north-northwest of Savannah; noted for golf tournaments) }
{ Brunswick2, town,@i port_of_entry,@i (a town in southeast Georgia near the Atlantic coast; a port of entry) }
{ Columbus1, city,@i port_of_entry,@i (a city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; industrial center) }
{ Macon, city,@i Georgia,#p (a city in central Georgia to the southeast of Atlanta) }
{ Oxford1, town,@i Georgia,#p (a university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner) }
{ Savannah, city,@i port,@i Georgia,#p (a port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river) }
{ Valdosta, town,@i Georgia,#p (a town in southern Georgia near the Florida border) }
{ Vidalia, town,@i Georgia,#p (a town in central Georgia; the origin of Vidalia onions) }
{ [ Hawaii, adj.pert:hawaiian,+ ] Hawai'i, Aloha_State, HI, Haw., American_state,@i United_States,#p Hawaiian_Islands,#p (a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands) }
{ Hilo, town,@i Hawaii,#p Hawaii1,#p (a town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii) }
{ Honolulu, capital_of_Hawaii, Hawaiian_capital, state_capital,@i port,@i Oahu,#p (the capital and largest city of Hawaii; located on a large bay on the island of Oahu) }
{ Waikiki, resort_area,@i Oahu,#p (a well-known beach and resort area on Oahu Island to the southeast of Honolulu) }
{ Hawaiian_Islands, H.I., Sandwich_Islands, noun.object:archipelago,@i Polynesia,#p (a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific) }
{ [ Hawaii1, adj.pert:hawaiian,+ ] Hawaii_Island, noun.object:island,@i Hawaiian_Islands,#p (the largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands; has several volcanic peaks) }
{ Kahoolawe, Kahoolawe_Island, noun.object:island,@i Hawaiian_Islands,#p (an island of south-central Hawaii) }
{ Kauai, Kauai_Island, noun.object:island,@i Hawaiian_Islands,#p (an island of Hawaii to the northwest of Oahu) }
{ Lanai, Lanai_Island, noun.object:island,@i Hawaiian_Islands,#p (an island of central Hawaii; a pineapple-growing area) }
{ Maui, Maui_Island, noun.object:island,@i Hawaiian_Islands,#p (the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands) }
{ Molokai, Molokai_Island, noun.object:island,@i Hawaiian_Islands,#p (an island of central Hawaii (between Maui and Oahu)) }
{ Nihau, Nihau_Island, noun.object:island,@i Hawaiian_Islands,#p (the most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai)) }
{ Oahu, Oahu_Island, noun.object:island,@i Hawaiian_Islands,#p (an island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state) }
{ Pearl_Harbor, seaport,@i Oahu,#p (a harbor on Oahu to the west of Honolulu; location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941) }
{ Midway_Islands, noun.object:atoll,@i Hawaiian_Islands,#p (an atoll in the Hawaiian Islands some 1300 miles to the northwest of Honolulu; site of an important United States naval base) }

{ Idaho, Gem_State, ID, Id., American_state,@i United_States,#p (a state in the Rocky Mountains) }
{ Boise, capital_of_Idaho, state_capital,@i Idaho,#p (the capital and largest city of Idaho) }
{ Coeur_d'Alene, town,@i Idaho,#p (a town in the northern panhandle of Idaho; popular resort area) }
{ Idaho_Falls, town,@i Idaho,#p (a town in southeastern Idaho on the Snake River) }
{ Lewiston, town,@i Idaho,#p (a town in northwestern Idaho) }
{ Nampa, town,@i Idaho,#p (a town in southwestern Idaho) }
{ Pocatello, town,@i Idaho,#p (a university town in southeastern Idaho) }
{ Sun_Valley, town,@i Idaho,#p (a winter sports resort in south central Idaho) }
{ Twin_Falls, town,@i Idaho,#p (a town on the Snake River in south central Idaho near the Twin Falls) }

{ Illinois, Prairie_State, Land_of_Lincoln, IL, Ill., American_state,@i United_States,#p Midwest,#p (a midwestern state in north-central United States) }
{ Cairo1, town,@i Illinois,#p (a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers) }
{ Carbondale, town,@i Illinois,#p (a town in southern Illinois) }
{ Champaign, town,@i Illinois,#p (a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana) }
{ Chicago, Windy_City, city,@i port,@i Illinois,#p (largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan) }
{ Decatur1, city,@i Illinois,#p (a city in central Illinois; Abraham Lincoln practiced law here) }
{ East_Saint_Louis, town,@i Illinois,#p (a town in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi across from Saint Louis) }
{ Moline, town,@i Illinois,#p (a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River) }
{ Peoria, city,@i Illinois,#p (a city in central Illinois on the Illinois River) }
{ Rockford, city,@i Illinois,#p (a city in northern Illinois) }
{ Rock_Island, town,@i Illinois,#p (a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River; site of a Union prison during the American Civil War) }
{ Springfield, capital_of_Illinois, state_capital,@i Illinois,#p (capital of the state of Illinois) }
{ Urbana, town,@i Illinois,#p (a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign) }
{ Indiana, Hoosier_State, IN, Ind., American_state,@i United_States,#p Midwest,#p Corn_Belt,#p (a state in midwestern United States) }
{ Bloomington, town,@i Indiana,#p (a university town in south central Indiana) }
{ Evansville, city,@i Indiana,#p (a city in southwestern Indiana on the Ohio River) }
{ Fort_Wayne, city,@i Indiana,#p (a city in northeastern Indiana) }
{ Gary, city,@i port_of_entry,@i Indiana,#p (a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production) }
{ Indianapolis, capital_of_Indiana, state_capital,@i Indiana,#p (the capital and largest city of Indiana; a major commercial center in the country's heartland; site of an annual 500-mile automobile race) }
{ Lafayette1, town,@i Indiana,#p (a university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River) }
{ Muncie, town,@i Indiana,#p (a town in east central Indiana) }
{ South_Bend, city,@i Indiana,#p (a city in northern Indiana) }
{ Iowa, Hawkeye_State, IA, Ia., American_state,@i United_States,#p Midwest,#p Corn_Belt,#p (a state in midwestern United States) }
{ Council_Bluffs, town,@i (a town in southwest Iowa on the Missouri River across from Omaha) }
{ Davenport, city,@i Iowa,#p (a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island) }
{ Cedar_Rapids, city,@i Iowa,#p (a city in eastern Iowa) }
{ Clinton, town,@i Iowa,#p (a town in east central Iowa) }
{ Des_Moines, capital_of_Iowa, state_capital,@i Iowa,#p (the capital and largest city in Iowa) }
{ Dubuque, town,@i Iowa,#p (a town in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River) }
{ Mason_City, town,@i Iowa,#p (a town in north central Iowa) }
{ Ottumwa, town,@i Iowa,#p (a town in southeast Iowa) }
{ Sioux_City, city,@i Iowa,#p (a city in northeastern Iowa where the Big Sioux River joins the Missouri) }
{ Kansas, Sunflower_State, KS, Kan., American_state,@i United_States,#p midwest,#p (a state in midwestern United States) }
{ Dodge_City, town,@i Kansas,#p (a town of southwestern Kansas on the Arkansas River; formerly a rowdy cow town) }
{ Abilene1, town,@i Kansas,#p (a town in central Kansas to the west of Topeka; home of Dwight D. Eisenhower) }
{ Hays, town,@i Kansas,#p (a town in central Kansas) }
{ Kansas_City1, city,@i Kansas,#p (a city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri) }
{ Lawrence, town,@i Kansas,#p (a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856) }
{ Salina, town,@i Kansas,#p (a town in central Kansas) }
{ Topeka, capital_of_Kansas, state_capital,@i Kansas,#p (the capital of the state of Kansas; located in eastern Kansas on the Kansas river) }
{ Wichita, city,@i Kansas,#p (the largest city in Kansas; located in southern Kansas on the Arkansas River) }
{ Kentucky, Bluegrass_State, KY, Ken., American_state,@i United_States,#p (a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses) }
{ Bowling_Green1, town,@i Kentucky,#p (a town in southern Kentucky) }
{ Frankfort1, capital_of_Kentucky, state_capital,@i Kentucky,#p (the capital of Kentucky; located in northern Kentucky) }
{ Lexington1, city,@i Kentucky,#p (a city in eastern Kentucky; noted for raising thoroughbred horses) }
{ Louisville, city,@i Kentucky,#p (the largest city in Kentucky; located in north central Kentucky on the Ohio river; site of the Kentucky Derby) }
{ Owensboro, town,@i Kentucky,#p (a town in northwestern Kentucky on the Ohio River; a tobacco market) }
{ Paducah, town,@i Kentucky,#p (a town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River) }
{ Bluegrass, Bluegrass_Country, Bluegrass_Region, geographical_area,@i (an area in central Kentucky noted for its bluegrass and thoroughbred horses) }

{ Louisiana_Purchase, district,@i United_States,#p (territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada) }
{ Louisiana, Pelican_State, LA, La., American_state,@i United_States,#p Gulf_States,#p South1,#p Confederacy,#m Deep_South,#p (a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) }
{ Alexandria1, town,@i Louisiana,#p (a town in Louisiana on the Red River) }
{ Baton_Rouge, capital_of_Louisiana, state_capital,@i Louisiana,#p (capital of Louisiana) }
{ Lafayette, town,@i Louisiana,#p (a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians) }
{ Monroe, town,@i Louisiana,#p (a town in north central Louisiana) }
{ Morgan_City, town,@i Louisiana,#p (a town in southeast Louisiana to the south of Baton Rouge) }
{ New_Orleans, city,@i port_of_entry,@i Louisiana,#p (a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year) }
{ Shreveport, city,@i Louisiana,#p (a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border) }
{ [ Maine, noun.person:mainer,+ ] Pine_Tree_State, ME, Me., American_state,@i United_States,#p New_England,#p (a state in New England) }
{ Augusta, capital_of_Maine, state_capital,@i Maine,#p (the capital of the state of Maine) }
{ Bangor2, town,@i Maine,#p (a town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River) }
{ Brunswick1, town,@i Maine,#p (a university town in southwestern Maine) }
{ Lewiston1, town,@i Maine,#p (a town in southwestern Maine to the north of Portland) }
{ Orono, town,@i Maine,#p (a university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River to the north of Bangor) }
{ Portland, city,@i Maine,#p (largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state) }
{ Maryland, Old_Line_State, Free_State1, MD, Md., American_state,@i United_States,#p Mid-Atlantic_states,#p South1,#p (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) }
{ Maryland1, Colony,@i (one of the British colonies that formed the United States) }
{ [ Aberdeen1, adj.pert:aberdonian,+ ] town,@i Maryland,#p (a town in northeastern Maryland) }
{ Annapolis, capital_of_Maryland, state_capital,@i Maryland,#p (state capital of Maryland; site of the United States Naval Academy) }
{ Baltimore, city,@i port,@i Maryland,#p (the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center) }
{ Fort_Meade, Fort_George_Gordon_Meade, Fort_George_G._Meade, noun.artifact:fort1,@i Maryland,#p (a United States Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency) }
{ Frederick, town,@i Maryland,#p (a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore) }
{ Hagerstown, town,@i Maryland,#p (a town in northern Maryland) }
{ Massachusetts, Bay_State, Old_Colony, MA, Mass., American_state,@i United_States,#p New_England,#p (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies) }
{ Massachusetts1, Massachusetts_Bay_Colony, Colony,@i (one of the British colonies that formed the United States) }
{ Boston, Hub_of_the_Universe, Bean_Town, Beantown, capital_of_Massachusetts, state_capital,@i Massachusetts,#p (state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services) }
{ Boston_Harbor, seaport,@i Boston,#p (the seaport at Boston) }
{ Beacon_Hill, city_district,@i Boston,#p (a fashionable section of Boston; site of the Massachusetts capital building) }
{ Breed's_Hill, noun.object:hill,@i Charlestown,#p (a hill in Charlestown that was the site of the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775) }
{ Charlestown, vicinity,@i Boston,#p (a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629) }
{ Cambridge1, city,@i Massachusetts,#p (a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) }
{ Concord1, town,@i Massachusetts,#p (town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought) }
{ Gloucester1, town,@i Massachusetts,#p (a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries) }
{ Lexington, town,@i Massachusetts,#p (town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought) }
{ Medford1, town,@i Massachusetts,#p (town in northeastern Massachusetts; residential suburb of Boston) }
{ Pittsfield, town,@i Massachusetts,#p (a town in western Massachusetts) }
{ Springfield1, city,@i Massachusetts,#p (a city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River) }
{ Worcester1, city,@i Massachusetts,#p (an industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston) }
{ Cape_Ann, noun.object:peninsula,@i Massachusetts,#p (a Massachusetts peninsula to the north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean) }
{ Cape_Cod, noun.object:peninsula,@i Massachusetts,#p (a Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area) }
{ Cape_Cod_Canal, noun.artifact:canal,@i Massachusetts,#p (a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay) }
{ Martha's_Vineyard, noun.object:island,@i (an island summer resort off of Cape Cod) }
{ Nantucket, noun.object:island,@i (an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry) }
{ Plymouth, town,@i Massachusetts,#p (a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620) }
{ Plymouth_Colony, Plymouth,#p noun.group:colony,@i (colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620; it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691) }
{ Plymouth_Rock, noun.object:boulder,@i Plymouth,#p (a boulder in Plymouth supposed to be where the Pilgrims disembarked from the Mayflower) }
{ Salem1, city,@i Massachusetts,#p (a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692) }
{ Williamstown, town,@i Massachusetts,#p (a town in northwestern Massachusetts) }
{ Michigan, Wolverine_State, Great_Lakes_State, MI, Mich., American_state,@i United_States,#p Midwest,#p (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region) }
{ Alpena, town,@i port,@i Michigan,#p (a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron) }
{ Ann_Arbor, city,@i Michigan,#p (a city in southern Michigan near Detroit; site of the University of Michigan) }
{ Detroit, Motor_City, Motown, city,@i port,@i Michigan,#p (the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor) }
{ Flint, city,@i Michigan,#p (a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing) }
{ Grand_Rapids, city,@i Michigan,#p (a city in west central Michigan; noted for manufacturing furniture) }
{ Houghton, town,@i port_of_entry,@i Michigan,#p (a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula) }
{ Jackson2, town,@i Michigan,#p (a town in south central Michigan) }
{ Kalamazoo, town,@i (a town in southwest Michigan) }
{ Lansing, capital_of_Michigan, state_capital,@i Michigan,#p (capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River) }
{ Marquette, town,@i Michigan,#p (a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan) }
{ Monroe1, town,@i Michigan,#p (a town of southeast Michigan on Lake Erie) }
{ Saginaw, town,@i port_of_entry,@i (a town in east central Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron) }
{ Traverse_City, town,@i Michigan,#p (a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Michigan) }
{ Minnesota, Gopher_State, North_Star_State, MN, Minn., American_state,@i United_States,#p Midwest,#p (a midwestern state) }
{ Bemidji, town,@i Minnesota,#p (a town in northern Minnesota) }
{ Duluth, city,@i port,@i Minnesota,#p (a city in northeast Minnesota on Lake Superior) }
{ Hibbing, town,@i Minnesota,#p (a town in northeastern Minnesota in the Mesabi Range) }
{ Mankato, town,@i Minnesota,#p (a town in southern Minnesota) }
{ Minneapolis, city,@i Minnesota,#p Twin_Cities,#m (largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities) }
{ Rochester1, town,@i Minnesota,#p (a town in southeast Minnesota) }
{ Saint_Cloud, St._Cloud, town,@i Minnesota,#p (a town in central Minnesota on the Mississippi River; granite quarries) }
{ Saint_Paul, St._Paul, capital_of_Minnesota, state_capital,@i Minnesota,#p Twin_Cities,#m (capital of the state of Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river adjacent to Minneapolis; one of the Twin Cities) }
{ Twin_Cities, urban_area,@i Minnesota,#p (nickname for Saint Paul and Minneapolis) }
{ Virginia2, town,@i Minnesota,#p (a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range) }
{ Mississippi, Magnolia_State, MS, Miss., American_state,@i United_States,#p Gulf_States,#p South1,#p Confederacy,#m Deep_South,#p (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War) }
{ Biloxi, town,@i Mississippi,#p (an old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico) }
{ Columbus2, town,@i Mississippi,#p (a town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama) }
{ Greenville1, town,@i Mississippi,#p (a town in western Mississippi on the Mississippi River to the north of Vicksburg) }
{ Hattiesburg, town,@i Mississippi,#p (a town in southeast Mississippi) }
{ Jackson, capital_of_Mississippi, state_capital,@i Mississippi,#p (capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River) }
{ Meridian1, town,@i Mississippi,#p (a town in eastern Mississippi) }
{ Natchez, town,@i Mississippi,#p (a town in southwest Mississippi on the Mississippi River) }
{ Tupelo, town,@i Mississippi,#p (a town in northeast Mississippi) }
{ Vicksburg, town,@i Mississippi,#p (a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves) }
{ Missouri, Show_Me_State, MO, Mo., American_state,@i United_States,#p Midwest,#p Confederacy,#m (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union) }
{ Cape_Girardeau, town,@i Missouri,#p (a town in southeast Missouri) }
{ Columbia1, town,@i Missouri,#p (a university town in central Missouri) }
{ Hannibal, town,@i Missouri,#p (a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain) }
{ Independence, city,@i Missouri,#p (a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail) }
{ Jefferson_City, capital_of_Missouri, state_capital,@i Missouri,#p (capital of the state of Missouri; located in central Missouri on the Missouri river) }
{ Kansas_City, city,@i Missouri,#p (a city in western Missouri situated at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River; adjacent to Kansas City, Kansas) }
{ Poplar_Bluff, town,@i Missouri,#p (a town in southeast Missouri) }
{ Saint_Joseph, St._Joseph, town,@i Missouri,#p (a town in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River; in the 19th century it became the eastern terminus of the pony express) }
{ Saint_Louis, St._Louis, Gateway_to_the_West, city,@i port,@i Missouri,#p (the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century) }
{ Sedalia, town,@i Missouri,#p (a town in east central Missouri) }
{ Springfield2, city,@i Missouri,#p (a city of southwestern Missouri) }
{ Montana, Treasure_State, MT, Mont., American_state,@i United_States,#p (a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border) }
{ Bozeman, town,@i Montana,#p (a town in southwestern Montana; gateway to Yellowstone National Park) }
{ Billings, city,@i Montana,#p (the largest city in Montana; located in southern Montana on the Yellowstone river) }
{ Butte, town,@i Montana,#p (a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper) }
{ Great_Falls, town,@i Montana,#p (a town in central Montana on the Missouri river; a center of extensive hydroelectric power) }
{ Helena, capital_of_Montana, state_capital,@i Montana,#p (capital of the state of Montana; located in western Montana) }
{ Missoula, town,@i Montana,#p (a university town in western Montana) }
{ Nebraska, Cornhusker_State, NE, Neb., American_state,@i United_States,#p Midwest,#p (a midwestern state on the Great Plains) }
{ Grand_Island, town,@i Nebraska,#p (a town in south central Nebraska) }
{ Lincoln, capital_of_Nebraska, state_capital,@i Nebraska,#p (capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern Nebraska; site of the University of Nebraska) }
{ North_Platte, town,@i Nebraska,#p (a town in west central Nebraska on the Platte River) }
{ Omaha, city,@i Nebraska,#p (largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the Midwest) }
{ Nevada, Silver_State, Battle_Born_State, Sagebrush_State, NV, Nev., American_state,@i United_States,#p Southwest,#p (a state in the western United States) }
{ Carson_City, capital_of_Nevada, state_capital,@i Nevada,#p (capital of the state of Nevada; located in western Nevada) }
{ Las_Vegas, city,@i Nevada,#p (largest city in Nevada; located in southeastern Nevada; originally settled by Mormons but is now famous for entertainment and gambling and general excess) }
{ Reno, city,@i Nevada,#p (a city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage) }
{ New_Hampshire, Granite_State, NH, N.H., American_state,@i United_States,#p New_England,#p (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies) }
{ New_Hampshire1, Colony,@i (one of the British colonies that formed the United States) }
{ Concord, capital_of_New_Hampshire, state_capital,@i New_Hampshire,#p (capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river) }
{ Manchester1, city,@i New_Hampshire,#p (largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river) }
{ Portsmouth, town,@i port,@i New_Hampshire,#p (a port town in southeastern New Hampshire on the Atlantic Ocean) }
{ New_Jersey, Jersey, Garden_State, NJ, N.J., American_state,@i United_States,#p Mid-Atlantic_states,#p (a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies) }
{ New_Jersey1, Colony,@i (one of the British colonies that formed the United States) }
{ Atlantic_City, city,@i New_Jersey,#p (a city on the Atlantic shore in southeastern New Jersey; a resort and gambling center) }
{ Trenton, capital_of_New_Jersey, state_capital,@i New_Jersey,#p (capital of the state of New Jersey; located in western New Jersey on the Delaware river) }
{ Bayonne, city,@i New_Jersey,#p (a city in northeastern New Jersey) }
{ Camden, city,@i New_Jersey,#p (a city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Philadelphia) }
{ Jersey_City, city,@i New_Jersey,#p (a city in northeastern New Jersey (opposite Manhattan)) }
{ Morristown, town,@i New_Jersey,#p (a town in northern New Jersey where the Continental Army spent two winters) }
{ Newark, city,@i New_Jersey,#p (the largest city in New Jersey; located in northeastern New Jersey) }
{ New_Brunswick1, town,@i New_Jersey,#p (a university town in central New Jersey) }
{ Paterson, city,@i New_Jersey,#p (a city of northeastern New Jersey) }
{ Princeton, town,@i New_Jersey,#p (a university town in central New Jersey) }
{ Cape_May, noun.object:cape,@i New_Jersey,#p (a cape of southeast New Jersey extending into the Atlantic Ocean) }
{ Liberty_Island, Bedloe's_Island, noun.object:island,@i New_York,#p noun.object:New_York_Bay,#p (an island in New York Bay to the southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty stands; "Congress officially changed the name from Bedloe's Island to Liberty Island in 1956") }
{ New_Mexico, Land_of_Enchantment, NM, N.M., American_state,@i United_States,#p Southwest,#p (a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border) }
{ Albuquerque, city,@i New_Mexico,#p (the largest city in New Mexico; located in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande river) }
{ Carlsbad, town,@i New_Mexico,#p (a town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border; potash deposits) }
{ Farmington, town,@i New_Mexico,#p (a town in northwestern New Mexico) }
{ Gallup, town,@i New_Mexico,#p (a town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border) }
{ Las_Cruces, town,@i New_Mexico,#p (a town in southern New Mexico on the Rio Grande) }
{ Los_Alamos, town,@i New_Mexico,#p (a town in north central New Mexico; in 1942 it was chosen as a nuclear research site where the first atomic bombs were produced) }
{ Roswell, town,@i New_Mexico,#p (a town in southeast New Mexico) }
{ Santa_Fe, capital_of_New_Mexico, state_capital,@i New_Mexico,#p (capital of the state of New Mexico; located in north central New Mexico) }
{ Silver_City, town,@i New_Mexico,#p (a town in southwestern New Mexico) }
{ Taos, town,@i New_Mexico,#p (an artist colony in northern New Mexico) }

{ Manhattan_Island, noun.object:island,@i New_York1,#p (an island at the north end of New York Bay where the borough of Manhattan is located) }
{ New_Amsterdam, noun.group:colony,@i New_York1,#p (a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; annexed by the English in 1664 and renamed New York) }
{ New_Netherland, colony1,@i New_York,#p (a Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664) }
{ New_York, New_York_State, Empire_State, NY, N.Y., American_state,@i United_States,#p Mid-Atlantic_states,#p (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) }
{ New_York2, Colony,@i (one of the British colonies that formed the United States) }
{ Albany, capital_of_New_York, state_capital,@i New_York,#p (state capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river) }
{ Buffalo, city,@i New_York,#p (a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)) }
{ Cooperstown, town,@i New_York,#p (a small town in east central New York; site of the National Baseball Hall of Fame) }
{ Erie_Canal, noun.artifact:canal,@i New_York_State_Barge_Canal,#p New_York,#p (an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal) }
{ New_York_State_Barge_Canal, noun.artifact:canal,@i (a system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain) }
{ New_York1, New_York_City, Greater_New_York, city,@i port_of_entry,@i New_York,#p (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center) }
{ Bronx, borough,@i New_York1,#p (a borough of New York City) }
{ Brooklyn, borough,@i New_York1,#p (a borough of New York City) }
{ Coney_Island, city_district,@i Brooklyn,#p (a section of Brooklyn on the Atlantic; known as an amusement center) }
{ Ellis_Island, noun.object:island,@i New_Jersey,#p (an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States; "some twelve millions immigrants passed through Ellis Island") }
{ Manhattan, borough,@i New_York1,#p (one of the five boroughs of New York City) }
{ Fifth_Avenue, noun.artifact:avenue,@i Manhattan,#p (an avenue in Manhattan that separates the east side of Manhattan from the west side) }
{ Seventh_Avenue, noun.artifact:avenue,@i Manhattan,#p (an avenue in Manhattan that runs north and south) }
{ Central_Park, park1,@i Manhattan,#p (a large park in Manhattan) }
{ Harlem, city_district,@i Manhattan,#p (a district of Manhattan; now largely a Black ghetto) }
{ Hell's_Kitchen, Hell's_Half_Acre, city_district,@i Manhattan,#p (a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice) }
{ SoHo1, South_of_Houston, city_district,@i Manhattan,#p (a district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts) }
{ Ithaca1, town,@i New_York,#p (a college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga) }
{ Bowery, noun.artifact:street,@i Manhattan,#p (a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts) }
{ Broadway, Great_White_Way, noun.artifact:street,@i Manhattan,#p (a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters) }
{ Park_Avenue, Park_Ave., noun.artifact:street,@i Manhattan,#p (a fashionable residential street in New York City) }
{ off-Broadway, city_district,@i Manhattan,#p (low-budget theaters located outside the Broadway area in Manhattan) }
{ Times_Square, city_district,@i Manhattan,#p (the area of Manhattan around the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue; heart of the New York theater district; site of annual celebration of New Year's) }
{ Wall_Street, Wall_St., noun.artifact:street,@i Manhattan,#p (a street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance) }
{ Greenwich_Village, Village1, residential_district,@i New_York1,#p (a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century) }
{ Queens, borough,@i New_York1,#p (a borough of New York City) }
{ Staten_Island, borough,@i New_York1,#p (a borough of New York City) }
{ East_River, noun.object:strait,@i New_York1,#p (a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn) }
{ Harlem_River, noun.object:channel,@i New_York1,#p (a channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx) }
{ Verrazano_Narrows, noun.object:narrow,@i New_York1,#p (a narrow channel of water separating Staten Island and Brooklyn) }
{ West_Point, noun.artifact:military_installation,@i New_York,#p noun.group:military,;c (United States Army installation on the west bank of Hudson river to the north of New York City; site of United States Military Academy) }
{ Long_Island, noun.object:island,@i New_York,#p (an island in southeastern New York; Brooklyn and Queens are on its western end) }
{ Elmont, town,@i Long_Island,#p (a town on Long Island in New York; site of Belmont Park) }
{ Kennedy, Kennedy_International, Kennedy_International_Airport, noun.artifact:airport,@i Long_Island,#p (a large airport on Long Island to the east of New York City) }
{ Binghamton, city,@i New_York,#p (a city in south central New York near the border with Pennsylvania) }
{ Kingston1, town,@i New_York,#p (a town on the Hudson River in New York) }
{ Newburgh, town,@i New_York,#p (a town on the Hudson River in New York; in 1782 and 1783 it was George Washington's headquarters) }
{ Niagara_Falls, city,@i New_York,#p (a city in western New York State at the falls of the Niagara river; tourist attraction and honeymoon resort) }
{ Rochester, city,@i New_York,#p (a city in western New York; a center of the photographic equipment industry) }
{ Schenectady, city,@i New_York,#p (a city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river; it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal) }
{ Syracuse1, city,@i New_York,#p (a city in central New York) }
{ Utica1, city,@i New_York,#p (a city in central New York) }
{ Saratoga_Springs, town,@i New_York,#p (a town in eastern New York State famed for its spa and its horse racing) }
{ Watertown, town,@i New_York,#p (a town in northern New York) }
{ borscht_circuit, borsht_circuit, borscht_belt, borsht_belt, resort_area,@ noun.object:Catskills,#p noun.communication:colloquialism,;u ((informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests; "many comedians learned their trade playing the borscht circuit") }

{ North_Carolina, Old_North_State, Tar_Heel_State, NC, N.C., American_state,@i United_States,#p South1,#p Confederacy,#m Carolina,#p (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies) }
{ North_Carolina1, Colony,@i (one of the British colonies that formed the United States) }
{ Cape_Fear, noun.object:cape,@i North_Carolina,#p (a cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean) }
{ Cape_Flattery, noun.object:cape,@i Washington,#p (a cape of northwestern Washington) }
{ Cape_Froward, noun.object:cape,@i Chile,#p (a cape on the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile; the most southern point on the mainland of South America) }
{ Cape_Hatteras, noun.object:cape,@i noun.object:promontory,@i North_Carolina,#p (a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina; "frequent storms drive ships to their destruction on Cape Hatteras") }
{ Hatteras_Island, noun.object:barrier_island,@i North_Carolina,#p (a barrier island running parallel to the North Carolina shore) }
{ Raleigh, capital_of_North_Carolina, state_capital,@i North_Carolina,#p (capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east central part of the North Carolina) }
{ Asheville, town,@i North_Carolina,#p (a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte) }
{ Chapel_Hill, town,@i North_Carolina,#p (a town in central North Carolina; site of the University of North Carolina) }
{ Charlotte, Queen_City, city,@i North_Carolina,#p (the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina) }
{ Durham, city,@i North_Carolina,#p (a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University) }
{ Fayetteville2, town,@i North_Carolina,#p (a town in south central North Carolina) }
{ Goldsboro, town,@i North_Carolina,#p (a town that is a major tobacco center in eastern North Carolina) }
{ Greensboro, city,@i North_Carolina,#p (a city of north central North Carolina) }
{ Greenville2, city,@i North_Carolina,#p (a city in eastern North Carolina; tobacco market) }
{ Wilmington1, town,@i North_Carolina,#p (a town in southeastern North Carolina on the Cape Fear River) }
{ Winston-Salem, city,@i North_Carolina,#p (a city of north central North Carolina) }
{ North_Dakota, Peace_Garden_State, ND, N.D., American_state,@i United_States,#p Dakota,#p (a state of north central United States bordering on Canada) }
{ Bismarck, capital_of_North_Dakota, state_capital,@i North_Dakota,#p (capital of the state of North Dakota; located in south central North Dakota overlooking the Missouri river) }
{ Fargo, city,@i North_Dakota,#p (largest city in North Dakota; located in eastern North Dakota on the Red river) }
{ Ohio, Buckeye_State, OH, American_state,@i United_States,#p Midwest,#p (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region) }
{ Akron, city,@i Ohio,#p (a city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States rubber industry) }
{ [ Athens2, adj.pert:athenian,+ ] town,@i Ohio,#p (a town in southeast Ohio) }
{ Cleveland, city,@i Ohio,#p (the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port) }
{ Cincinnati, city,@i Ohio,#p (a city in southern Ohio on the Ohio river) }
{ Columbus, capital_of_Ohio, state_capital,@i Ohio,#p (the state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University) }
{ Dayton, city,@i Ohio,#p (a city in southwest Ohio; manufacturing center) }
{ Mansfield, town,@i Ohio,#p (a town in north central Ohio) }
{ Toledo, city,@i Ohio,#p (an industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie) }
{ Youngstown, city,@i Ohio,#p (a city in northeast Ohio) }
{ Oklahoma, Sooner_State, OK, Okla., American_state,@i United_States,#p (a state in south central United States) }
{ Bartlesville, town,@i Oklahoma,#p (a town in northeastern Oklahoma) }
{ Enid, town,@i Oklahoma,#p (a town in north central Oklahoma) }
{ Lawton, town,@i Oklahoma,#p (a town in southwest Oklahoma) }
{ McAlester, town,@i Oklahoma,#p (a town in southeastern Oklahoma) }
{ Muskogee, town,@i Oklahoma,#p (a town in eastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas River) }
{ Oklahoma_City, capital_of_Oklahoma, state_capital,@i Oklahoma,#p (capital and largest city of Oklahoma; the economy is based on oil and livestock) }
{ Tulsa, city,@i Oklahoma,#p (a major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river; once known as the oil capital of the world and still heavily involved in the oil and gas industries) }
{ Oregon, Beaver_State, OR, Ore., American_state,@i United_States,#p (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific) }
{ Bend, town,@i Oregon,#p (a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range) }
{ Eugene, city,@i Oregon,#p (a city in western Oregon on the Willamette River; site of a university) }
{ Klamath_Falls, town,@i Oregon,#p (a town in southern Oregon near the California border) }
{ Medford, town,@i Oregon,#p (a town in southwestern Oregon; a summer resort) }
{ Portland1, city,@i port_of_entry,@i Oregon,#p (freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains) }
{ Salem, capital_of_Oregon, state_capital,@i Oregon,#p (capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River) }
{ Pennsylvania, Keystone_State, PA, Pa., American_state,@i United_States,#p Mid-Atlantic_states,#p (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) }
{ Pennsylvania1, Colony,@i (one of the British colonies that formed the United States) }
{ Allentown, city,@i Pennsylvania,#p (a city in eastern Pennsylvania; an industrial and commercial center) }
{ Altoona, town,@i Pennsylvania,#p (a town in central Pennsylvania) }
{ Bethlehem1, town,@i Pennsylvania,#p (a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production) }
{ Erie, city,@i port_of_entry,@i Pennsylvania,#p (a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania) }
{ Gettysburg, town,@i Pennsylvania,#p (a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery) }
{ Harrisburg, capital_of_Pennsylvania, state_capital,@i Pennsylvania,#p (capital of Pennsylvania; located in southern part of state) }
{ Hershey, town,@i (an industrial town to the east of Harrisburg) }
{ Chester, city,@i Pennsylvania,#p (a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)) }
{ Philadelphia, City_of_Brotherly_Love, city,@i Pennsylvania,#p (the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania) }
{ Pittsburgh, city,@i Pennsylvania,#p (a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh) }
{ Scranton, city,@i (an industrial city of northeastern Pennsylvania) }
{ Rhode_Island, Little_Rhody, Ocean_State, RI, R.I., American_state,@i United_States,#p New_England,#p (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state) }
{ Rhode_Island1, Colony,@i (one of the British colonies that formed the United States) }
{ Providence, capital_of_Rhode_Island, state_capital,@i Rhode_Island,#p (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University) }
{ Newport1, city,@i Rhode_Island,#p (a resort city in southeastern Rhode Island; known for the summer homes of millionaires; important yachting center) }
{ South_Carolina, Palmetto_State, SC, S.C., American_state,@i United_States,#p South1,#p Confederacy,#m Deep_South,#p Carolina,#p (a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies) }
{ South_Carolina1, Colony,@i (one of the British colonies that formed the United States) }
{ Columbia, capital_of_South_Carolina, state_capital,@i South_Carolina,#p (capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina) }
{ Charleston, city,@i port,@i South_Carolina,#p (a port city in southeastern South Carolina) }
{ Florence1, town,@i South_Carolina,#p (a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center) }
{ Greenville, town,@i South_Carolina,#p (a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont) }
{ South_Dakota, Coyote_State, Mount_Rushmore_State, SD, S.D., American_state,@i United_States,#p Dakota,#p (a state in north central United States) }
{ [ Aberdeen2, adj.pert:aberdonian,+ ] town,@i South_Dakota,#p (a town in northeastern South Dakota) }
{ Pierre, capital_of_South_Dakota, state_capital,@i South_Dakota,#p (capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river) }
{ Rapid_City, town,@i South_Dakota,#p (a town in southwestern South Dakota in the eastern part of the Black Hills) }
{ Sioux_Falls, city,@i South_Dakota,#p (largest city in South Dakota; located in southeastern South Dakota) }
{ Black_Hills, noun.object:mountain,@i South_Dakota,#p Wyoming,#p (mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming) }
{ Tennessee, Volunteer_State, TN, Tenn., American_state,@i United_States,#p South1,#p Confederacy,#m (a state in east central United States) }
{ Chattanooga, city,@i Tennessee,#p (a city in eastern Tennessee) }
{ Columbia2, town,@i Tennessee,#p (a town in west central Tennessee) }
{ Jackson1, town,@i Tennessee,#p (a town in western Tennessee) }
{ Johnson_City, town,@i Tennessee,#p (a town in northeastern Tennessee) }
{ Knoxville, city,@i Tennessee,#p (a city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River) }
{ Memphis, city,@i Tennessee,#p (largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River) }
{ Nashville, capital_of_Tennessee, state_capital,@i Tennessee,#p (capital of the state of Tennessee; located in the north central part of the state on the Cumberland River; known for country music) }
{ [ Texas, adj.pert:texan,+ ] Lone-Star_State, TX, Tex., American_state,@i United_States,#p Gulf_States,#p Confederacy,#m Southwest,#p (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico) }
{ Abilene, city,@i Texas,#p (a city in central Texas) }
{ Amarillo, city,@i Texas,#p (a city in the northern panhandle of Texas) }
{ Arlington, city,@i Texas,#p (a city in northern Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth) }
{ Austin, capital_of_Texas, state_capital,@i Texas,#p (state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas) }
{ Beaumont, city,@i Texas,#p (a city of southeastern Texas near Houston) }
{ Brownsville, city,@i port_of_entry,@i Texas,#p (a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande near its mouth into the Gulf of Mexico; has a channel that accommodates oceangoing ships) }
{ Bryan, town,@i Texas,#p (a town of east central Texas) }
{ Corpus_Christi, city,@i Texas,#p (a city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico) }
{ Dallas, city,@i Texas,#p (a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields) }
{ Del_Rio, town,@i Texas,#p (a town in southwest Texas on the Rio Grande to the west of San Antonio) }
{ El_Paso, city,@i Texas,#p (a city in western Texas on the Mexican border; located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Juarez) }
{ Fort_Worth, city,@i Texas,#p (a city in northeastern Texas (just to the west of Dallas); a major industrial center) }
{ Galveston, town,@i Texas,#p (a town in southeast Texas on Galveston Island) }
{ Galveston_Island, noun.object:island,@i Texas,#p (an island at the entrance of Galveston Bay) }
{ Garland, city,@i Texas,#p (a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)) }
{ Houston, city,@i port,@i Texas,#p (the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) }
{ Laredo, city,@i port_of_entry,@i Texas,#p (a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande) }
{ Lubbock, city,@i Texas,#p (a city in northwest Texas to the south of Amarillo) }
{ Lufkin, town,@i Texas,#p (a town in eastern Texas) }
{ McAllen, town,@i Texas,#p (a town in southern Texas on the Rio Grande) }
{ Midland1, town,@i Texas,#p (a town in west central Texas) }
{ Odessa1, city,@i Texas,#p (a city in western Texas) }
{ Paris1, town,@i Texas,#p (a town in northeastern Texas) }
{ Plano, city,@i Texas,#p (a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)) }
{ San_Angelo, town,@i Texas,#p (a town in west central Texas; formerly a notorious frontier town) }
{ San_Antonio, city,@i Texas,#p (a city of south central Texas; site of the Alamo; site of several military bases and a popular haven for vacationers) }
{ Sherman, town,@i Texas,#p (a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border) }
{ Texarkana1, town,@i Texas,#p (a town in northeast Texas adjacent to Texarkana, Arkansas) }
{ Tyler, town,@i Texas,#p (a town in northeast Texas) }
{ Victoria3, town,@i Texas,#p (a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio) }
{ Waco, city,@i Texas,#p (a city in east central Texas) }
{ Wichita_Falls, city,@i Texas,#p (a city in north central Texas near the Oklahoma border) }
{ Utah, Beehive_State, Mormon_State, UT, Ut., American_state,@i United_States,#p (a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young) }
{ Ogden, town,@i Utah,#p (a town in northern Utah settled by Mormons) }
{ Provo, city,@i Utah,#p (a city in north central Utah settled by Mormons) }
{ Salt_Lake_City, capital_of_Utah, state_capital,@i Utah,#p (the capital and largest city of Utah; located near the Great Salt Lake in north central Utah; world capital of the Mormon Church) }

{ Vermont, Green_Mountain_State, VT, Vt., American_state,@i United_States,#p New_England,#p (a state in New England) }
{ Montpelier, capital_of_Vermont, state_capital,@i Vermont,#p (capital of the state of Vermont; located in north central Vermont) }
{ Bennington, town,@i Vermont,#p (a town in southwestern Vermont) }
{ Brattleboro, town,@i Vermont,#p (a town in southeastern Vermont on the Connecticut River) }
{ Burlington, city,@i Vermont,#p (the largest city in Vermont; located in northwestern Vermont on Lake Champlain; site of the University of Vermont) }
{ Rutland, town,@i Vermont,#p (a town in central Vermont) }

{ Virginia, Old_Dominion, Old_Dominion_State, VA, Va., American_state,@i United_States,#p South1,#p Confederacy,#m (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War) }
{ Virginia1, Colony,@i (one of the British colonies that formed the United States) }
{ Richmond, capital_of_Virginia, state_capital,@i Virginia,#p (capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War) }
{ Blacksburg, town,@i Virginia,#p (a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains) }
{ Jamestown, village,@i Virginia,#p (a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607) }
{ Newport_News, city,@i port,@i Virginia,#p (a port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads; large shipyards) }
{ Norfolk, city,@i port,@i Virginia,#p (port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; headquarters of the Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy) }
{ Lynchburg, city,@i Virginia,#p (a city in central Virginia) }
{ Portsmouth2, city,@i port,@i Virginia,#p (a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards) }
{ Roanoke, city,@i Virginia,#p (a city in southwestern Virginia) }
{ Virginia_Beach, city,@i Virginia,#p (the largest city in Virginia; long overshadowed by Norfolk but growing rapidly since 1970; with 28 miles of public beaches tourism is a major factor in the economy; site of three United States Navy bases) }
{ Bull_Run, noun.object:brook,@i Virginia,#p (a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War) }
{ Chancellorsville, village,@i Virginia,#p (a village in northeastern Virginia) }
{ Fredericksburg, town,@i Virginia,#p (a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River) }
{ Petersburg, town,@i Virginia,#p (a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War) }
{ Spotsylvania, village,@i Virginia,#p (a village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War) }
{ Yorktown, village,@i Virginia,#p (a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution) }
{ Mount_Vernon, noun.artifact:residence,@i Virginia,#p (the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river) }

{ [ Washington, adj.pert:washingtonian,+ ] Evergreen_State, WA, Wash., American_state,@i United_States,#p (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific) }
{ [ Aberdeen3, adj.pert:aberdonian,+ ] town,@i port_of_entry,@i Washington,#p (a town in western Washington) }
{ Bellingham, town,@i port_of_entry,@i Washington,#p (a town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border) }
{ Kennewick, town,@i Washington,#p (a town in southern Washington on the Columbia River) }
{ Olympia, capital_of_Washington, state_capital,@i Washington,#p (capital of the state of Washington; located in western Washington on Puget Sound) }
{ Seattle, city,@i port_of_entry,@i Washington,#p (a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Rainier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington) }
{ Spokane, city,@i Washington,#p (a city in eastern Washington near the Idaho border) }
{ Tacoma, city,@i Washington,#p (a city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound to the south of Seattle) }
{ Vancouver1, town,@i Washington,#p (a town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon) }
{ Walla_Walla, town,@i Washington,#p (a town in southeastern Washington near the Oregon border) }
{ Yakima, town,@i Washington,#p (a town in south central Washington) }
{ West_Virginia, Mountain_State, WV, W.V., American_state,@i United_States,#p (a state in east central United States) }
{ Beckley, city,@i West_Virginia,#p (a city in southern West Virginia) }
{ Charleston1, capital_of_West_Virginia, state_capital,@i West_Virginia,#p (state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river) }
{ Clarksburg, city,@i West_Virginia,#p (a city in northern West Virginia) }
{ Fayetteville1, town,@i West_Virginia,#p (a town in central West Virginia on the New River) }
{ Huntington, city,@i West_Virginia,#p (a city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha) }
{ Harpers_Ferry, Harper's_Ferry, town,@i West_Virginia,#p (a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there) }
{ Morgantown, city,@i West_Virginia,#p (a city in northern West Virginia on the Monongahela river near the Pennsylvania border; site of the University of West Virginia) }
{ Parkersburg, city,@i West_Virginia,#p (a city in northwestern West Virginia on the Ohio river) }
{ Wheeling, city,@i West_Virginia,#p (a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river) }
{ Wisconsin, Badger_State, WI, Wis., Wisc., American_state,@i United_States,#p Midwest,#p (a midwestern state in north central United States) }
{ Appleton, town,@i Wisconsin,#p (a town in eastern Wisconsin) }
{ Eau_Claire, town,@i Wisconsin,#p (a town in west central Wisconsin) }
{ Green_Bay, city,@i Wisconsin,#p (a city of eastern Wisconsin on an arm of Lake Michigan) }
{ La_Crosse, town,@i Wisconsin,#p (a town in western Wisconsin on the Mississippi River) }
{ Madison, capital_of_Wisconsin, state_capital,@i Wisconsin,#p (capital of the state of Wisconsin; located in the southern part of state; site of the main branch of the University of Wisconsin) }
{ Milwaukee, city,@i Wisconsin,#p (largest city of Wisconsin; located in southeastern Wisconsin on the western shore of Lake Michigan; a flourishing agricultural center known for its breweries) }
{ Racine, city,@i Wisconsin,#p (a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee) }
{ Superior, town,@i Wisconsin,#p (a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth) }
{ Watertown1, town,@i Wisconsin,#p (a town in southeastern Wisconsin) }
{ Wausau, town,@i Wisconsin,#p (a town in north central Wisconsin) }
{ Wyoming, Equality_State, WY, Wyo., American_state,@i United_States,#p (a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east) }
{ Casper, city,@i Wyoming,#p (a city of east central Wyoming on the North Platte river) }
{ Cheyenne, capital_of_Wyoming, state_capital,@i Wyoming,#p (the capital and largest city of Wyoming; located in the southeastern corner of the state) }
{ Jackson3, town,@i Wyoming,#p (a town in western Wyoming) }
{ Lander, town,@i Wyoming,#p (a town in central Wyoming) }
{ Laramie, town,@i Wyoming,#p (a university town in southeast Wyoming) }
{ Rock_Springs, town,@i Wyoming,#p (a town of southwest Wyoming near the Utah border) }

{ [ Uruguay, adj.pert:uruguayan,+ ] South_American_country,@i noun.object:South_America,#p noun.group:OAS,#m (a South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825) }
{ Montevideo, capital_of_Uruguay, national_capital,@i Uruguay,#p (the capital and largest city of Uruguay; a cosmopolitan city and one of the busiest ports in South America) }
{ Vanuatu, Republic_of_Vanuatu, New_Hebrides, country,@i Melanesia,#p (a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980) }
{ Port_Vila, Vila, capital_of_Vanuatu, national_capital,@i Vanuatu,#p (capital of Vanuatu) }
{ Holy_See, The_Holy_See, State_of_the_Vatican_City, European_country,@i see,@i Rome,#p (the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929) }
{ Vatican_City, Citta_del_Vaticano, city,@i Holy_See,#p (the capital of the State of the Vatican City) }

{ Guiana_Highlands, noun.object:tableland,@i noun.object:South_America,#p (a mountainous tableland in northern South America; extends from Venezuela into Guyana and northern Brazil) }
{ [ Venezuela, adj.pert:venezuelan,+ ] Republic_of_Venezuela, South_American_country,@i noun.object:South_America,#p noun.group:OPEC,#m noun.group:OAS,#m (a republic in northern South America on the Caribbean; achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil) }
{ Caracas, capital_of_Venezuela, national_capital,@i Venezuela,#p (the capital and largest city of Venezuela) }
{ Ciudad_Bolivar, city,@i port,@i Venezuela,#p (a port in eastern Venezuela on the Orinoco river) }
{ Cumana, city,@i port,@i Venezuela,#p (a port city in northeastern Venezuela on the Caribbean Sea; founded in 1523, it is the oldest European settlement in South America) }
{ Maracaibo, city,@i port,@i Venezuela,#p (a port city in northwestern Venezuela; a major oil center) }
{ Maracay, city,@i Venezuela,#p (a city in north central Venezuela; cattle center) }
{ Valencia1, city,@i Venezuela,#p (an industrial city in northern Venezuela) }
{ Vietnam, Socialist_Republic_of_Vietnam, Viet_Nam, Annam, Asian_country,@i Indochina,#p noun.group:ASEAN,#m (a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945) }
{ North_Vietnam, Asian_country,@i Vietnam,#p (a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when South Vietnam collapsed at the end of the Vietnam War) }
{ South_Vietnam, Asian_country,@i Vietnam,#p (a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when it was defeated and annexed by North Vietnam) }
{ Hanoi, capital_of_Vietnam, national_capital,@i Vietnam,#p (the capital city of Vietnam; located in North Vietnam) }
{ Ho_Chi_Minh_City, Saigon, city,@i Vietnam,#p (a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina) }
{ Haiphong, city,@i port,@i Vietnam,#p (a port city in northern Vietnam; industrial center) }
{ Yemen, Republic_of_Yemen, Asian_country,@i Arabian_Peninsula,#p noun.object:Asia,#p noun.group:Arab_League,#m (a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990) }
{ Aden, city,@i port,@i Yemen,#p (an important port of Yemen; located on the Gulf of Aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern Arabia since ancient times) }
{ Hodeida, Al-Hudaydah, city,@i port,@i Yemen,#p (an important port in Yemen on the Red Sea) }
{ Mukalla, Al-Mukalla, city,@i port,@i Yemen,#p (a port in southern Yemen on the Gulf of Aden to the east of Aden) }
{ Sana, Sanaa, Sana'a, national_capital,@i Yemen,#p (the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central plateau) }
{ [ Zambia, adj.pert:zambian,+ ] Republic_of_Zambia, Northern_Rhodesia, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964) }
{ Lusaka, capital_of_Zambia, national_capital,@i Zambia,#p (the capital and largest city of Zambia) }
{ Low_Countries, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (the lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands) }
{ [ Lusitania, adj.pert:lusitanian,+ ] geographical_area,@i Portugal,#p Spain,#p (ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain) }
{ Silesia, Slask, Slezsko, Schlesien, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Europe,#p (a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland) }
{ Big_Sur, geographical_area,@i California,#p (a picturesque coastal region of California to the south of San Francisco) }
{ Silicon_Valley, geographical_area,@i California,#p (a region in California to the south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries) }

{ [ Zimbabwe, adj.pert:zimbabwean,+ ] Republic_of_Zimbabwe, [ Rhodesia, adj.pert:rhodesian,+ ] Southern_Rhodesia, African_country,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980) }
{ Harare, Salisbury, capital_of_Zimbabwe, national_capital,@i Zimbabwe,#p (the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe) }
{ Bulawayo, city,@i Zimbabwe,#p (industrial city in southwestern Zimbabwe) }

{ Arabian_Desert, Great_Arabian_Desert, desert,@i Arabian_Peninsula,#p (a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia) }
{ Arabian_Desert1, Eastern_Desert, desert,@i Egypt,#p Arabian_Desert,#p (a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea) }
{ Atacama_Desert, desert,@i Chile,#p (a desert in western Chile that extends roughly 600 miles south from the Peruvian border; one of the driest areas in the world, but rich in nitrate and copper deposits) }
{ Australian_Desert, Great_Australian_Desert, desert,@i noun.object:Australia,#p (general name given to all desert areas in Australia) }
{ Black_Rock_Desert, desert,@i Nevada,#p (a desert in northwestern Nevada) }
{ Chihuahuan_Desert, desert,@i Texas,#p New_Mexico,#p Arizona,#p Mexico,#p (a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico) }
{ Colorado_Desert, desert,@i California,#p (an arid region of southeastern California) }
{ Dasht-e-Kavir, Kavir_Desert, Great_Salt_Desert, desert,@i Iran,#p (a salt desert in north central Iran) }
{ Dasht-e-Lut, Lut_Desert, desert,@i Iran,#p (a desert in eastern Iran) }
{ Death_Valley, desert,@i California,#p Nevada,#p Mojave,#p (a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America) }
{ Gibson_Desert, desert,@i Australia,#p Australian_Desert,#p (a desert area in western Australia) }
{ Gila_Desert, desert,@i Arizona,#p (a desert area in southern Arizona) }
{ Gobi, Gobi_Desert, desert,@i Mongolia,#p China,#p (a desert in central China) }
{ Great_Sandy_Desert, desert,@i Australia,#p Australian_Desert,#p (a desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert) }
{ Great_Victoria_Desert, desert,@i Australia,#p Australian_Desert,#p (a desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor Plain) }
{ Kalahari, Kalahari_Desert, desert,@i Botswana,#p Namibia,#p South_Africa,#p (a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana) }
{ Kara_Kum, Qara_Qum, Turkestan_Desert, desert,@i Turkmenistan,#p (a desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea) }
{ Kyzyl_Kum, Kizil_Kum, Qizil_Qum, desert,@i Uzbekistan,#p (a desert in Uzbekistan to the southeast of the Aral Sea) }
{ Libyan_Desert, desert,@i Sahara,#p Libya,#p Egypt,#p Sudan,#p (the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan) }
{ Mojave, Mojave_Desert, Mohave, Mohave_Desert, desert,@i California,#p Arizona,#p (a desert area in southern California and western Arizona) }
{ Namib_Desert, desert,@i Namibia,#p (a desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean) }
{ Nefud, An_Nefud, Nafud, An_Nafud, desert,@i Saudi_Arabia,#p (a desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds) }
{ Negev, Negev_Desert, desert,@i Israel,#p (a desert in southern Israel) }
{ Nubian_Desert, desert,@i Sudan,#p Arabian_Desert,#p (an arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea) }
{ Painted_Desert, desert,@i Arizona,#p (a desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona) }
{ Patagonian_Desert, desert,@i Patagonia,#p (a semiarid region in southern South America) }
{ Rub_al-Khali, Ar_Rimsal, Dahna, Great_Sandy_Desert1, desert,@i Saudi_Arabia,#p Arabian_Desert,#p (a desert in southern Saudi Arabia) }
{ Sahara, Sahara_Desert, desert,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa) }
{ Sub-Saharan_Africa, Black_Africa, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert) }
{ Simpson_Desert, desert,@i Australia,#p (a desert region of central Australia) }
{ Sinai1, Sinai_Desert, desert,@i Sinai,#p Arabian_Desert,#p (a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt) }
{ Sonoran_Desert, desert,@i Arizona,#p (a desert in southwestern Arizona) }
{ Syrian_Desert, desert,@i Iraq,#p Syria,#p Jordan,#p Saudi_Arabia,#p Arabian_Desert,#p (a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia) }
{ Taklimakan_Desert, Taklamakan_Desert, desert,@i China,#p (a desert in western China) }
{ Thar_Desert, Great_Indian_Desert, desert,@i India,#p Pakistan,#p (a desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan) }
{ Cameroon1, noun.object:volcano,@i Cameroon,#p (an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast) }
{ Citlaltepetl, Mount_Orizaba, Mt_Orizaba, Pico_de_Orizaba, noun.object:volcano,@i Mexico,#p (an extinct volcano in southern Mexico between Mexico City and Veracruz; the highest peak in Mexico (18,695 feet)) }
{ Colima, Nevado_de_Colima, Volcan_de_Colima, noun.object:volcano,@i Mexico,#p (an active volcano in southwestern Mexico) }
{ Cotacachi, noun.object:volcano,@i Ecuador,#p (an Andean volcano in northern Ecuador; last erupted in 1955) }
{ Cotopaxi, noun.object:volcano,@i Ecuador,#p (the world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador) }
{ Demavend, noun.object:volcano,@i Iran,#p (an active volcano in northern Iran) }
{ El_Misti, noun.object:volcano,@i Peru,#p (the world's 2nd largest active volcano; located in the Andes in southern Peru) }
{ Etna, Mount_Etna, Mt_Etna, noun.object:volcano,@i Sicily,#p (an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet)) }
{ Fuego, noun.object:volcano,@i Guatemala,#p (a volcano in south central Guatemala) }
{ Fuji, Mount_Fuji, Fujiyama, Fujinoyama, Fuji-san, noun.object:volcano,@i Japan,#p (an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages) }
{ Galeras, Pasto, noun.object:volcano,@i Colombia,#p (an active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes) }
{ Guallatiri, noun.object:volcano,@i Chile,#p (the world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile; last erupted in 1959) }
{ Huainaputina, noun.object:volcano,@i Peru,#p (an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Peru; last erupted in 1783) }
{ Klyuchevskaya, noun.object:volcano,@i Kamchatka_Peninsula,#p (an inactive volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula; last erupted in 1946) }
{ Krakatau, Krakatao, Krakatoa, noun.object:volcano,@i noun.object:island,@i Indonesia,#p (a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history) }
{ New_Siberian_Islands, noun.object:island,@i noun.object:Arctic_Ocean,#p (a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia and to the east of the Laptev Sea) }
{ Lascar, noun.object:volcano,@i Chile,#p (a volcano in the Andes in Chile) }
{ Mauna_Kea, noun.object:volcano,@i Hawaii1,#p (an active volcano on north central Hawaii Island; highest peak in the Hawaiian Islands) }
{ Mauna_Loa, noun.object:volcano,@i Hawaii1,#p (an active volcano on south central Hawaii Island) }
{ Nyamuragira, noun.object:volcano,@i Congo,#p (an active volcano in eastern Congo) }
{ Nyiragongo, noun.object:volcano,@i Congo,#p (an active volcano in eastern Congo) }
{ Purace, noun.object:volcano,@i Colombia,#p (an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Colombia; last erupted in 1950) }
{ Sangay, noun.object:volcano,@i Ecuador,#p (an inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador; last erupted in 1946) }
{ Tupungatito, noun.object:volcano,@i Chile,#p (an inactive volcano in central Chile; last erupted in 1959) }
{ Mount_Saint_Helens, Mount_St._Helens, Mt._St._Helens, noun.object:volcano,@i noun.object:Cascades,#p Washington,#p (an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity) }
{ [ Scythia, adj.pert:scythian,+ ] geographical_area,@i noun.object:Eurasia,#p (an ancient area of Eurasia extending from the Black Sea to the Aral Sea that was populated by Scythians from the eighth to the fourth century BC) }
{ Vesuvius, Mount_Vesuvius, Mt._Vesuvius, noun.object:volcano,@i Italy,#p (a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944) }
{ North_Africa, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea) }
{ West_Africa, geographical_area,@i noun.object:Africa,#p (an area of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea) }
{ Dar_al-Islam, House_of_Islam, geographical_area,@ (areas where Muslims are in the majority) }
{ Dar_al-harb, House_of_War, geographical_area,@ (areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted) }