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• territory, soil go
  the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
  
• colony, dependency go
  a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
  
• semidesert go
  a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
  
• narco-state go
  an area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent
  
• place, property go
  any area set aside for a particular purpose
  
• basin, watershed, river basin, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area go
  the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries
  
• environs, purlieu go
  an outer adjacent area of any place
  
• zone, geographical zone go
  any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude
  
• environs, environment, surroundings, surround go
  the area in which something exists or lives
  
• dust bowl go
  a region subject to dust storms
  
• hemisphere go
  half of the terrestrial globe
  
• hot spot, hotspot go
  a place of political unrest and potential violence
  
• panhandle go
  a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
  
• country, rural area go
  an area outside of cities and towns
  
• sphere, sphere of influence go
  the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
  
• field go
  a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
  
• settlement go
  an area where a group of families live together
  
• parcel, tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land go
  an extended area of land
  
• urban area, populated area go
  a geographical area constituting a city or town
  
• wilderness, wild go
  a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
  
• killing field go
  (usually plural) an area where many people have died (usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbance)
  
• northern Europe go
  the northernmost countries of Europe
  
• French region go
  a geographical subdivision of France
  
• Baltic State, Baltic Republic go
  European countries bordering the Baltic Sea
  
• Colony go
  one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
  
• Dar al-Islam, House of Islam go
  areas where Muslims are in the majority
  
• Dar al-harb, House of War go
  areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted