Nouns denoting spatial position

terrain
a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential
 
city limits
the limits of the area occupied by a city or town
 
watermark
a line marking the level reached by a body of water
 
Levant
the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
 
Iraqi Kurdistan
the part of Kurdistan that is in northwestern Iraq
 
Superior
a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth
 
Cherepovets
a city of east central Russia to the north of Moscow
 
Brescia
an ancient Italian city in central Lombardy
 
Jonesboro
a town in northeast Arkansas
 
horizon
a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
 
southeast
a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city
 
Scythia
an ancient area of Eurasia extending from the Black Sea to the Aral Sea that was populated by Scythians from the eighth to the fourth century BC
 
Gettysburg
a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery
 
Granada
a city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492; site of the Alhambra (a palace and fortress built by Moors in the Middle Ages) which is now a major tourist attraction
 
Spitzbergen
islands in the Svalbard archipelago to the east of northern Greenland; belonging to Norway
 
Zaria
a city in north central Nigeria; agricultural trading center
 
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)
 
Farmington
a town in northwestern New Mexico
 
Greenwich
a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time
 
Antigua and Barbuda
a country in the northern Leeward Islands
 
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