A ‘quarter’, division, region (of the world, of a country or town). Obsolete (but cf. east end, n., west end, n., where this sense blends with 3).
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释义 | the world > the earth > region of the earth > [noun] (23) endc893 A ‘quarter’, division, region (of the world, of a country or town). Obsolete (but cf. east end, n., west end, n., where this sense blends with 3). earthOE A country, land, or territory. Obsolete. coastc1315 A tract or region of the earth; a district, place, clime, country, ‘part of the world’. Obsolete. plagea1382 A region, district, or part of a larger area; (occasionally) a zone, a border. Obsolete. provincea1382 A country, territory, district, or region; a region of the earth or of a continent. Also: the inhabitants of such a region; a nation, a people. Also… regiona1382 A land; a country; any large portion of the earth's surface considered as defined or distinguished from adjacent areas in some way, as by culture… countrya1387 Land, terrain, or a region of undefined extent, esp. considered with regard to its physical… As a count noun: a particular tract or expanse of… partya1387 A part of the world; a region, district; = part, n.1 18a. Usually in plural. Obsolete. climatea1398 gen. A region of the earth. Cf. latitude, n. 4c. Obsolete except as in sense 1c. partc1400 A portion of a country or territory, or of the world; a country, region, or area. Frequently in plural (often with collective rather than plural… nookc1450 Any one of the corners or ends of the earth. Obsolete. corner1535 An extremity or end of the earth; a region, quarter; a direction or quarter from which the wind blows (obsolete). subregion1559 A division or part of a region (in various senses of the noun); an area within a region. parcel1582 A part of the world, of a country, etc. Cf. part, n.1 18. Obsolete. rare. quart1590 A region or locality; a quarter. Obsolete. rare. climature1604 A region of the earth; = climate, n.1 1b. Obsolete. latitudea1640 Geography. A locality as marked or defined by parallels of latitude; usually in plural = regions, climes, parts of the world. Also figurative. area1671 A region with vaguely defined boundaries, considered as a unit on the basis of its character, inhabitants, geography, or relative location. district1712 Any tract of country, usually of vaguely defined limits, having some common characteristics; a region, locality, ‘quarter’. zone1829 Geology and Physical Geography. A region, or each of a series of regions, comprised between definite limits of any kind, e.g. of depth or height… natural region1888 a geographical region characterized by a distinctive combination of climate, vegetation, relief, etc. sector1943 A body or figure having the shape of a sector; hence, a division or part, a unit. gen. One of the regions or districts into which a geographical… Subcategories:— containing characteristic elements (1) |
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