Nouns denoting spatial position

Plataea
a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC
 
disaster area
a region whose population is affected by a general disaster
 
free state
any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War
 
Taurus the Bull
the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
 
State of Israel
Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
 
equator
an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles
 
Kyrgyz Republic
a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
 
Bridgeport
a port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound
 
orbit
the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
 
Highlands of Scotland
a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse)
 
Abydos
an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander
 
Fort Lauderdale
a city in southeast Florida on the Atlantic coast to the north of Miami; a favorite place for college students to go on their spring vacations
 
El-Aksur
a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes
 
Park Avenue
a fashionable residential street in New York City
 
Leon
a city in central Mexico
 
South Pole
the southernmost point of the Earth's axis
 
Perak
sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia
 
Kingdom of Bhutan
a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India
 
Brandenburg
the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701
 
Mauritius
an island in the southwestern Indian Ocean
 
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