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Definition: Geographical Area |
Geographical AreaNoun1. A demarcated area of the Earth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Geographical AreaSynonyms: geographic area (n), geographic region (n), geographical region (n). (additional references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| 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 domínio de gestão (a management domain may or may not necessarily be identical with a geographical area, management domain). (various references) 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) 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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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)
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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)G e o g r a p h i c a l   A r e a |
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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