What is a good word (or a phrase) to describe a large, extensive geographical area, spanning several regions?
I am not looking to use this in a particular context, but to help in conceptualizing a product name.
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Is it possible to get a sample sentence or context where you'd like to use this?– user10893Commented Sep 17, 2011 at 18:57
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Should be moved to gis.stackexchange.com– HackworthCommented Sep 17, 2011 at 18:59
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@simchona: Not really looking to use it in a sentence, more of a title/descriptor– GoroCommented Sep 17, 2011 at 19:05
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You may want to define what region means in this context. The combination of several regions is usually also considered a region.– D KruegerCommented Sep 17, 2011 at 19:22
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You might call it a super region.– z7sg ѪCommented Sep 17, 2011 at 23:38
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'Territory' might do, depending on context. Are we talking about a large area within a single country, or an area that covers several countries?
answered Sep 17, 2011 at 21:02
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single country, but that does not necessarily have to be conveyed directly by the meaning of the word.– GoroCommented Sep 17, 2011 at 22:26
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Then, as always, it would depend on context. We might say ‘The territory to the north of the Obugu river is vast and mostly uninhabited.’ On the other hand, we probably wouldn’t say ‘The presidential candidates had to cover a vast territory in their search for every vote.’ In that case we’d probably say they had to cover a vast area. In other words, ‘territory’ is more likely to be found in purely topographically descriptive contexts. Commented Sep 18, 2011 at 6:42
"A large, extensive geographical area, spanning several regions" reminds me of terms like subcontinent [1], landmass, expanse, district, range [2], and the aforementioned territory, except pluralized.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcontinent : "a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent"
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Range : "a region that makes up the northeastern section of Minnesota"
answered Sep 17, 2011 at 23:16
Well, country comes from Latin "contrata terra": the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view.
Terra could be used as a product name.
