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- here
the present location - there
a location other than here - somewhere
an indefinite or unknown location - bilocation
the ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations - seat
the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based - home
the country or state or city where you live - base, home
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end - aclinic line, magnetic equator
an imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip - agonic line
an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is zero - isogonic line, isogonal line, isogone
an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is the same - address
the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with - mailing address
the address where a person or organization can be communicated with - box number
a mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent - box number, post-office box number, PO box number, PO Box No
the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected - street address
the address where a person or organization can be found - administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
a district defined for administrative purposes - aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry
any habitation at a high altitude - agora
the marketplace in ancient Greece - airway, air lane, flight path, skyway
a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another - pattern, traffic pattern, approach pattern
the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport - territory, soil
the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state - flight path
the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air - wing
(in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft - approach, approach path, glide path, glide slope
the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing - ambiance, ambience
the atmosphere of an environment - funfair, amusement park, pleasure ground
a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement - apex, solar apex, apex of the sun's way
the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars - antapex
the point opposite in direction from the solar apex - apogee
apoapsis in Earth orbit - apoapsis, point of apoapsis
(astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited - aphelion
apoapsis in solar orbit - apojove
apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter - aposelene, apolune
apoapsis in orbit around the moon - apron
(golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green - polar circle
a line of latitude at the north or south poles - arena
the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held - area, country
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) - high country
an area lying above the piedmont but below the timberline - ascending node
the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north - node
(astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane - node
(physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system - antinode
(physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system - asteroid belt
the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found - air, atmosphere
the mass of air surrounding the Earth - bed ground, bed-ground, bedground
an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night - biosphere
the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist - back of beyond
a very remote and inaccessible place - colony, dependency
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country - Crown Colony
a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor - depth
(usually plural) the deepest and most remote part - space, outer space
any location outside the Earth's atmosphere - interplanetary space
the part of outer space within the solar system - interstellar space
the space between stars - frontier
an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary - heliopause
the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence - heliosphere
the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system - holding pattern
the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land - intergalactic space
the space between galaxies - deep space
any region in space outside the solar system - aerospace
the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole - airspace
the atmosphere above a nation that is deemed to be under its jurisdiction - backwater
a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring - backwoods, back country, boondocks, hinterland
a remote and undeveloped area - banana republic
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 Coast
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) - waste, barren, wasteland
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation - heath, heathland
a tract of level wasteland - bush
a large wilderness area - outback
the bush country of the interior of Australia - frontier
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country - desert
arid land with little or no vegetation - semidesert
a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions - oasis
a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface) - field, battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor
a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought - minefield
a region in which explosives mines have been placed - beat, round
a regular route for a sentry or policeman - beginning, source, origin, root, rootage
the place where something begins, where it springs into being - derivation
the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) - spring
a point at which water issues forth - head, fountainhead, headspring
the source of water from which a stream arises - headwater
the source of a river - wellhead, wellspring
the source of water for a well - point of departure, jumping-off place
a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched - jungle
a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival - concrete jungle
an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant - zone
an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic - belt
an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found - fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land
the country where you were born - birthplace, place of birth
the place where someone was born - cradle, birthplace, place of origin, provenance, provenience
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence - face, side
a surface forming part of the outside of an object - beam-ends
(nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel - bottom, underside, undersurface
the lower side of anything - underbelly
lower side - foot
the lower part of anything - base
(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment - bottom
the lowest part of anything - rock bottom
the absolute bottom - bound, boundary, bounds
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something - border, boundary line, borderline, delimitation, mete
a line that indicates a boundary - bourn, bourne
an archaic term for a boundary - march, borderland, border district, marchland
district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area - narco-state
an area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent - place, property
any area set aside for a particular purpose - center, centre
a place where some particular activity is concentrated - colony
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated - nerve center, nerve centre
a center that provides information and control - circuit, circumference
the boundary line encompassing an area or object - fence line
a boundary line created by a fence - property line
the boundary line between two pieces of property - state line, state boundary
the boundary between two states - district line
the boundary between two districts - county line
the boundary between two counties - city line
the boundary of a city - balk, baulk
the area on a billiard table behind the balkline - balkline, baulk-line, string line
line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game - bomb site
an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs - bowels
the center of the Earth - bowling green
a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls - breadbasket
a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain - breeding ground
a place where animals breed - bridgehead
a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy - brink
the edge of a steep place - broadcast area
the area over which a radio or tv transmission can be received - buffer state, buffer country
a small neutral state between two rival powers - bull's eye, bull
the center of a target - bus route
the route regularly followed by a passenger bus - bus stop
a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers - checkpoint
a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance - cabstand, taxistand, taxi rank
a place where taxis park while awaiting customers - encampment, bivouac, campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, camping area
a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent - campus
a field on which the buildings of a university are situated - capital
a seat of government - capital
a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product - basin, watershed, river basin, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries - detention basin
a storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream - retention basin
a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream - celestial equator, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line, equinoctial
the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles - celestial point
a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere) - equinoctial point, equinox
(astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic - vernal equinox
(astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces - autumnal equinox
(astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Virgo - sphere, celestial sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin
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
a tract of land used for burials - center, centre, midpoint
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure - center of buoyancy, centre of buoyancy, center of immersion, centre of immersion
(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object - center of gravity, centre of gravity
the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act - center of flotation, centre of flotation
the center of gravity of a floating object - center of mass, centre of mass
point representing the mean position of the matter in a body - barycenter
(astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve - centroid
the center of mass of an object of uniform density - trichion, crinion
point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead - center, centre, eye, heart, middle
an area that is approximately central within some larger region - center stage, centre stage
the central area on a theater stage - city center, city centre, central city
the central part of a city - core
the center of an object - navel, navel point
the center point or middle of something - storm center, storm centre
the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm - city, metropolis, urban center
a large and densely populated urban area - megalopolis
a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns) - city district
a district of a town or city - precinct
a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes - police precinct
a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force - voting precinct, election district
one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting - polling place, polling station
a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election - business district, downtown
the central area or commercial center of a town or city - outskirts
outlying areas (as of a city or town) - environs, purlieu
an outer adjacent area of any place - Tin Pan Alley
a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business - sprawl, conurbation, urban sprawl
an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities - subtopia
monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings - borough
an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament - burgh
a borough in Scotland - pocket borough
a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family - rotten borough
an English parliamentary constituency with few electors - borough
one of the administrative divisions of a large city - canton
a small administrative division of a country - city
an incorporated administrative district established by state charter - city limit, city limits
the limits of the area occupied by a city or town - clearing, glade
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area - commune
the smallest administrative district of several European countries - zone, geographical zone
any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude - climatic zone
any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude - commons, common land
a pasture subject to common use - commonwealth
the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico) - meeting, confluence
a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers) - congressional district
a territorial division of a state - financial center
the part of a city where financial institutions are centered - hub
a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation - civic center, municipal center, down town
the center of a city - inner city
the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city - chokepoint
a point of congestion or blockage - corncob, corn cob
the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn - corner
the point where two lines meet or intersect - corner
a place off to the side of an area - corner
a remote area - cornfield, corn field
a field planted with corn - state, land, country
the territory occupied by a nation - county
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government - county
(United States) the largest administrative district within a state