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How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: area
Categories: region
Within this category: anchorage, arena, bed ground, Bermuda Triangle, block, broadcast area, center, corner, corner, danger, disaster area, free port, haunt, hearth, hunting ground, no-go area, no man's land, open, quadrant, quadrant, rain shadow, resort area, retreat, safety, scene, section, section, shrubbery, space, staging area, tank farm, winner's circle
How to sign: the territory occupied by a nation
"he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries";
Categories: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
Within this category: African country, Antigua and Barbuda, Asian country, Australia, Bahamas, banana republic, Barbados, buffer state, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Comoros, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Etruria, European country, fatherland, Fiji, Grenada, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, kingdom, Kiribati, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, North American country, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rus, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, South American country, Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, sultanate, tax haven, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Vanuatu
How to sign: a politically organized body of people under a single government
"the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land";
Similiar / Same: nation, res publica, body politic, commonwealth, state, land
Categories: political unit
Within this category: ally, city state, Dominion, Reich, rogue state, sea power, suzerain, world power
