| Main Entry: | county |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | province or district of area |
Synonyms: |
canton, constituency, division, shire |
| Main Entry: | province |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of rule, responsibility |
Synonyms: |
arena, bailiwick, business, calling, canton, capacity, champaign, charge, colony, concern, county, demesne, department, dependency, district, division, domain, dominion, duty, employment, field, function, jurisdiction, line, office, orbit, part, post, pursuit, realm, region, role, section, shire, sphere, terrain, territory, tract, walk, work, zone |
| Main Entry: | region |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, domain; scope |
Synonyms: |
arena, bailiwick, belt, block, clearing, country, demesne, district, division, domain, dominion, environs, expanse, field, ghetto, ground, inner city, jungle, land, locale, locality, neck of woods, neighborhood, part, place, precinct, province, quarter, range, realm, scene, section, sector, shire, sphere, stomping ground, suburb, terrain, territory, tract, turf*, vicinity, walk, ward, world, zone |
| Concept: | [Definite space] Region. |
| Category: | 1. ABSTRACT SPACE |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
region, sphere, ground, soil, area, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle; pale (limit); compartment, department; clearing; domain, tract, territory, country, canton, county, shire, province, arrondissement, mofussil, parish, township, commune, ward; wapentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth, soke, tithing, bailiwick; principality, duchy, kingdom; archduchy, archdukedom., arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march; patch, plot, inclosure, close, enclave, field, court; street (abode)., clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude.
-adjectives
territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.
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