Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) area, country (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"
S: (n) region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth) "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
S: (n) area, country (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"
S: (n) backwater (a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring) "the country is an economic backwater"
S: (n) breadbasket (a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain)
S: (n) field (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"
S: (n) testing ground, laboratory (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"
S: (n) Old World (the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas)
S: (n) Far East (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))
S: (n) West, Occident (the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America)
W: (adj) areal [Related to: area] (of or relating to or involving an area)
S: (n) area (a subject of study) "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..."
S: (n) area, region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve) "in the abdominal region"
S: (n) sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena (a particular environment or walk of life) "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
S: (n) area (a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function) "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"
S: (n) area, expanse, surface area (the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary) "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"