Geographical Area

  

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Geographical Area

Definition: Geographical Area

Geographical Area

Noun

1. A demarcated area of the Earth.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Geographical Area

Synonyms: geographic area (n), geographic region (n), geographical region (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Geographical Area

English words defined with "geographical area": Aborigines, Austria-Hungarybasincatchment area, catchment basindrainage area, drainage basinFertile CrescentLevantnorth-centralpandemicriver basinSikkim, south-central, sphere, sphere of influenceurban area. (references)
Specialty definitions using "geographical area": Africa, Central, Africa, Eastern, Africa, Western, air-carrier operations inspector, amphibious objective area, Appalachian Region, APPLIANCE SATURATION, area of service, Asia, Southeasternbarge captain, BOOKMOBILE LIBRARIANclassical biological control, CLIMATE ZONEdial office, director of flight operations, director of photography, DIRECTOR, PHOTOGRAMMETRY FLIGHT OPERATIONS, DREDGE CAPTAIN, dredge operator, dredge runnerendemic goitreFLIGHT-OPERATIONS INSPECTOR, force dispatcher, free limitsGSM PLMN areaHSA, Hydrologic Service Area, Hydrologic UnitLOAD CENTERS, load centresMASTER, PASSENGER BARGE, Mid-Atlantic Region, mobile service areanational territorial commander, nuclear, biological, chemical area of observation, nuclear, biological, chemical zone of observation, numbering-plan areaREDATAM, redlining, rural statistical areaservice delivery area, stagnation periods, SUPERVISOR, FORCE ADJUSTMENTtactical air force, telephone central office, traffic analysis zoneWILDLIFE AGENT, REGIONAL, WILDLIFE CONTROL AGENT, Wind Resource Assessment. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Geographical Area

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

According to sources at NatWest Bank, in order for these companies to be prosperous it is important that they either consider a national presence immediately or the franchiser can create a specific website for each geographical area and then that site can be taken over by a franchisee. (references)

Demand for cell phones is expected to grow as Jawal tries to reach its 120,000 target and have its services expanded to cover a wider geographical area. Also, the PA still has plans for opening the cellular phone service market for international bids since PALTEL's 5-year license expires in 2001 and the need/benefits of having a second service provider in the PA are growing. (references)

Civil Liberties

India

Sporadic attacks continued but were not concentrated in one geographical area. (references)

Economic History

Brazil

Smaller firms may have geographical area limitations. (references)

China

Within three years of WTO accession, restrictions on equity share, number of outlets and geographical area are to be eliminated. (references)

Political Economy

BRAZIL

The only significant limitation on freedom of association is "unicidade" (literally "one per city"), which restricts representation for any professional category to one union in a given geographical area. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

Every checkpoint covers a particular geographical area. (references)

Eq. Guinea

A cellular phone service was launched in 1996 and covers a large geographical area. (references)

Worker Rights

Brazil

Registration may be contested with the MLE by other unions that represent workers in the same geographical area and professional category. (references)

Brazil

Unions are obliged by law to negotiate on behalf of all registered workers in the professional category and geographical area they represent, regardless of whether an employee pays voluntary membership dues to the union. (references)

Brazil

The 1988 Constitution significantly reduced the role of the Government in certifying unions; however, it retained various provisions established by the labor code in the 1940's. One such provision is a restriction known as "unicidade" ("one-per-city"), which limits freedom of association by prohibiting multiple, competing unions of the same professional category in a given geographical area. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Geographical Area

Language Translations for "geographical area"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

軍區 (a geographical area of command, a military region). (various references)

   

Danish

  

geografisk zone, geografisk omraade. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

geografisch gebied. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hallinta-alue (a management domain may or may not necessarily be identical with a geographical area, management domain). (various references)

   

French

  

zone géographique, aire géographique. (various references)

   

German

  

geographischer Raum, geographische Zone. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γεωγραφική περιοχή. (various references)

   

Italian

  

area geografica. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eographicalgay areaay

   

Portuguese

  

domínio de gestão (a management domain may or may not necessarily be identical with a geographical area, management domain). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

dominio de gestión (a management domain may or may not necessarily be identical with a geographical area, management domain), DG (a management domain may or may not necessarily be identical with a geographical area, management domain). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

MD (a management domain may or may not necessarily be identical with a geographical area, management domain, Moldova, Republic of Moldova), domän (a management domain may or may not necessarily be identical with a geographical area, category, demesne, domain, field, magnetic domain, management domain). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Geographical Area

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-c-e-e-g-g-h-i-l-o-p-r-r"

-4 letters: geographical.

-5 letters: archipelago.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Geographical Area


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 65 6F 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 61 6C      41 72 65 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01100101 01101111 01100111 01110010 01100001 01110000 01101000 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000001 01110010 01100101 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#101 &#111 &#103 &#114 &#97 &#112 &#104 &#105 &#99 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#65 &#114 &#101 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0065 006F 0067 0072 0061 0070 0068 0069 0063 0061 006C      0041 0072 0065 0061

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

417181738467827475696778235847167

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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