Nouns denoting spatial position

Mashhad

the holy city of Shiite Muslims; located in northeastern Iran

 

agonic line

an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is zero

 

Hebridean Islands

a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland

 

Republic of Croatia

a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991

 

Home Counties

the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded

 

Pernambuco

a port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic

 

no-parking zone

a space where automobiles are not allowed to park

 

Hyderabad

a city in south central India in Andhra Pradesh

 

Vienne

a town in south central France where is 1311-1313 the Roman Catholic Church held one of its councils

 

tiltyard

(formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests

 

no man's land

an unoccupied area between the front lines of opposing armies

 

county line

the boundary between two counties

 

Suez

a city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal

 

Micronesia

the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania

 

South Frigid Zone

the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters

 

paper route

the route taken when delivering newspapers every day

 

Sombrero

one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis

 

Roswell

a town in southeast New Mexico

 

Roumania

a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea

 

Smolensk

a city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II