Nouns denoting spatial position

Mytilene

an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry

 

Cotopaxi

the world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador

 

shadow

an unilluminated area

 

Grand Canal

the major waterway in Venice, Italy

 

Hawaiian Islands

a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific

 

hayfield

a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

 

casbah

an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located

 

Nampa

a town in southwestern Idaho

 

Laotian capital

the capital and largest city of Laos

 

Everglade State

a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

 

vanishing point

the point beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist

 

Capricorn the Goat

the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19

 

Republic of Cape Verde

an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal

 

Occident

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

 

Katowice

an industrial city of southern Poland

 

Natchez

a town in southwest Mississippi on the Mississippi River

 

Monte Carlo

a town and popular resort in the principality of Monaco; famous for its gambling casino

 

Jylland

peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany

 

Guadalajara

a city in southwestern Mexico; a popular health resort and site of architecture from the Spanish colonial era

 

Wichita

the largest city in Kansas; located in southern Kansas on the Arkansas River