| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A part of the earth's surface: belt, district, locality, neighborhood, quarter, region, tract, zone. Informal : neck of the woods. See TERRITORY. 2. A sphere of activity, experience, study, or interest: arena, bailiwick, circle, department, domain, field, orbit, province, realm, scene, subject, terrain, territory, world. Slang : bag. See TERRITORY. 3. A surrounding site: locality, neighborhood, vicinity. See NEAR, PLACE. 4. A rather small part of a geographic unit considered in regard to its inhabitants or distinctive characteristics: district, neighborhood, quarter (often uppercase). See TERRITORY.
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