Nouns denoting spatial position

locus of infection

the specific site in the body where an infection originates

 

vacuum

a region that is devoid of matter

 

Dominica

a volcanic island in the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians

 

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial National Park

a national park in North Dakota that includes the site of former President Theodore Roosevelt's ranch

 

ground zero

the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed

 

Midi-Pyrenees

a region in southwestern France

 

Tuvalu

a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978

 

Al-Hudaydah

an important port in Yemen on the Red Sea

 

capital of Washington

capital of the state of Washington; located in western Washington on Puget Sound

 

capital of Mexico

the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center; one of the world's largest cities

 

capital of Swaziland

capital of Swaziland; located in northwestern Swaziland

 

Delphi

an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the oracle of Delphi

 

Lateran

the site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace

 

Kings Canyon National Park

a national park in California that has giant sequoia trees and alpine lakes and glaciers

 

heronry

a breeding ground for herons; a heron rookery

 

Thuringia

a historical region of southern Germany

 

Micronesia

the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania

 

Waterloo

a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat

 

Quebec

the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British

 

Donets Basin

an industrial region in the Ukraine