# Places & Geography

**Type:** Topic
**Words:** 190

## About

Locations, regions, borders, directions, and geographic features.

## Words by Level

### A1
- place — A particular point, area, or location.; frequency rank 182
- city — A large town where many people live and work.; frequency rank 480
- town — A place where people live and work, larger than a village but smaller than a city.; frequency rank 482
- American — relating to the United States, its people, or its culture; frequency rank 859
- park — A public area of grass and trees in a town where people relax and play.; frequency rank 921
- island — A piece of land that is completely surrounded by water; frequency rank 1044
- map — A drawing of an area that shows where places, roads, and features are.; frequency rank 2016
- section — one of the parts that something is divided into; frequency rank 2396
- hometown — The town or city where you grew up or where you live.; frequency rank 7491

### A2
- country — A nation with its own land and government.; frequency rank 530
- king — A man who rules a country, usually because of his royal family; a male monarch.; frequency rank 548
- land — The solid, dry part of the earth's surface.; frequency rank 690
- area — A particular part of a place or region.; frequency rank 861
- village — A small group of houses and buildings in the countryside, smaller than a town.; frequency rank 1034
- south — The direction that is opposite to north; one of the four main compass points.; frequency rank 1040
- north — The direction that is on your left when you face the rising sun; one of the four main points of the compass.; frequency rank 1058
- west — The direction where the sun sets, opposite to east.; frequency rank 1204
- local — Belonging to or found in the area where you live.; frequency rank 1347
- east — The direction where the sun rises.; frequency rank 1419
- British — of or relating to Great Britain or the United Kingdom, or to its people or culture; frequency rank 1649
- based — Built on or developed from a particular thing, place, or idea.; frequency rank 1753
- kingdom — A country ruled by a king or queen.; frequency rank 2500
- capital — The most important city of a country or region, usually where the government is.; frequency rank 2736
- downtown — The central or main business part of a city or town.; frequency rank 3338
- native — Connected with the place where you were born.; frequency rank 3944
- African — relating to Africa or its countries, peoples, cultures, or natural features; frequency rank 4775
- continent — One of the large landmasses of the earth, such as Africa or Asia.; frequency rank 6964
- Australian — of, from, or relating to Australia, its people, languages, or culture; frequency rank 7893
- playground — An outdoor area where children can play, often with swings and slides.; frequency rank 8169
- invade — To enter a country or area with an army in order to take control of it.; frequency rank 9555
- seaside — The area next to the sea, especially a place people visit for holidays.; frequency rank 13158
- locally — by a particular locality; frequency rank 17290

### B1
- mayor — The elected leader of the government of a city or town.; frequency rank 1716
- location — A particular place or position.; frequency rank 2041
- neighborhood — A particular area of a town or city, and the people who live there.; frequency rank 2146
- county — A region within a country or state, used for local government.; frequency rank 2444
- border — The line that separates two countries or regions.; frequency rank 2610
- district — An area of a town, city, or country, often one with its own character or purpose.; frequency rank 2683
- western — In or from the west of a place.; frequency rank 3241
- circus — A traveling show with acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, usually held in a large tent.; frequency rank 3443
- southern — Located in or facing the south.; frequency rank 3659
- possession — Something that you own.; frequency rank 3832
- region — A large area of land, often with its own features or character.; frequency rank 4197
- avenue — A wide street in a town or city, often lined with trees.; frequency rank 4334
- republic — A country governed by elected representatives and a president rather than a king or queen.; frequency rank 4539
- folk — People in general; ordinary people.; frequency rank 4806
- customs — The government office at a border or airport that checks goods coming into a country.; frequency rank 5628
- settlement — An official agreement that ends a dispute, often without going to court.; frequency rank 5917
- immigration — The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.; frequency rank 7740
- regional — Relating to or limited to a particular area or part of a country.; frequency rank 9249
- geography — The study of the earth's surface, its physical features, and the people who live on it.; frequency rank 11541
- isle — An island, especially a small one (often used in poetry or place names); frequency rank 12318
- geographical — Relating to geography or the physical features of an area.; frequency rank 26833
- devastate — To destroy a place or area very badly.; frequency rank 35486
- settler — A person who moves to live in a new area or country, especially one that few people have lived in before.; frequency rank 42585
- populousness — The quality of being populous.

### B2
- arms — Weapons, especially guns, considered as a group.; frequency rank 1127
- federal — Relating to the central national government, as opposed to state or local government.; frequency rank 2627
- territory — An area of land controlled by a country or government.; frequency rank 3315
- alley — a narrow road or passage, especially between or behind buildings; frequency rank 3699
- sector — a part of a country's economy or business activity; frequency rank 5216
- colony — A country or area controlled by another, more powerful country.; frequency rank 5720
- backyard — The area of ground at the back of a house.; frequency rank 6023
- spa — A place where people go to relax and have treatments like massages and facials.; frequency rank 7030
- urban — Relating to or located in a city or town.; frequency rank 7287
- province — A large area that a country is divided into for government, like a state.; frequency rank 7825
- arctic — Relating to the cold region around the North Pole.; frequency rank 8720
- frontier — The border between two countries.; frequency rank 8973
- evacuation — The act of moving people away from a dangerous place to safety.; frequency rank 9596
- venue — The place where an event such as a concert, meeting, or game is held.; frequency rank 10845
- rural — Relating to the countryside rather than the city.; frequency rank 11467
- metropolitan — relating to a large city or to the densely populated area surrounding it; frequency rank 12965
- checkpoint — A place, often on a road or border, where people are stopped and checked.; frequency rank 14278
- outskirts — The outer parts of a city or town, away from the centre.; frequency rank 14467
- hemisphere — half of the terrestrial globe; frequency rank 15468
- migration — The movement of people from one country or area to another to live.; frequency rank 16640
- nationwide — Existing or happening throughout an entire country.; frequency rank 16697
- geographic — Relating to geography or the physical features of an area.; frequency rank 20497
- Olympia — An ancient site in Greece where the original Olympic Games were held.; frequency rank 20700
- piazza — a public square, especially an open pedestrian square in an Italian town or city; frequency rank 20928
- suburb — A mostly residential area on the edge of a city or large town.; frequency rank 20968
- workforce — All the people who work for a company or on a project.; frequency rank 23064
- steppe — a vast, largely treeless grassland, especially the dry temperate plains of southeastern Europe and central Asia; frequency rank 29386
- tropic — One of two imaginary lines around the Earth, north and south of the equator, marking the edges of the hottest region.; frequency rank 29955
- subcontinent — A large area of land that is part of a continent but treated as separate, especially southern Asia.; frequency rank 50830
- southward — Toward the south.; frequency rank 52987
- landlocked — surrounded by land or cut off from the open sea; frequency rank 55323
- industrialize — To develop industries and factories in a country or area.; frequency rank 148571
- glocal — Combining both global and local aspects.; frequency rank 433119

### C1
- Swedish — relating to Sweden, its people, culture, or language; frequency rank 6508
- realm — An area of activity, knowledge, or interest.; frequency rank 6659
- parish — A local church district with its own church and priest.; frequency rank 7648
- mainland — The main area of land of a country or continent, as opposed to its islands.; frequency rank 8822
- bypass — To avoid or go around something, such as a rule, problem, or place.; frequency rank 9686
- saloon — A bar or public place where alcoholic drinks are served, especially in the American Old West.; frequency rank 9829
- reconstruction — The act of building or putting something together again, often better than before.; frequency rank 12587
- civic — Relating to a city or town and its public life.; frequency rank 13634
- municipal — Relating to the government of a town or city.; frequency rank 14334
- indigenous — Belonging to a place from the earliest times, especially before colonizers arrived.; frequency rank 15545
- marketplace — The world of business, where goods and services are bought and sold.; frequency rank 15688
- councillor — A member of a local council, especially one elected to a city or town authority.; frequency rank 16442
- latitude — the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself; frequency rank 17278
- autonomy — The freedom to make your own decisions and act independently.; frequency rank 25888
- seaboard — a region of land bordering the sea; a coastline considered as a broad geographic area; frequency rank 26149
- governance — The way in which an organization or country is managed and controlled.; frequency rank 34184
- suburbia — The suburbs of a city, considered as a place and way of life.; frequency rank 36481
- sprawl — To sit or lie with your arms and legs spread out in a relaxed or careless way.; frequency rank 41482
- populous — densely populated; frequency rank 52294
- urbanize — to make an area more urban by increasing its population, buildings, infrastructure, or city-like character; frequency rank 308343

### C2
- vicinity — The area near or around a particular place.; frequency rank 10243
- treachery — The act of betraying someone who trusts you.; frequency rank 13144
- moor — To fix a boat or ship in place with ropes, chains, or an anchor.; frequency rank 13791
- inland — towards or into the interior of a region; frequency rank 13840
- provincial — Narrow-minded or unsophisticated, in the way of someone from a small town far from the city.; frequency rank 14036
- terra — earth, land, or solid ground, especially in the Latin expression terra firma; frequency rank 15632
- Sicilian — relating to Sicily, its people, culture, or language; frequency rank 18527
- antarctic — relating to Antarctica or the region around the South Pole; frequency rank 19526
- annex — An extra building or section added to a larger one; frequency rank 20665
- longitude — the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich; frequency rank 22461
- diffuse — To spread something out over a wide area, or to spread out in this way.; frequency rank 27302
- hacienda — a large estate, plantation, or ranch in a Spanish-speaking country, especially in the Americas; frequency rank 27536
- mews — chiefly British, a short street or courtyard lined with buildings that were originally stables and are now often homes; frequency rank 30103
- shire — a county or traditional administrative district, especially in Britain; frequency rank 30376
- backwoods — a remote, sparsely settled, and often wooded region, especially in North America; frequency rank 31093
- archipelago — a group or chain of islands; frequency rank 32378
- alameda — a public promenade or broad avenue bordered with trees, especially in Spain or Spanish-speaking America; frequency rank 36210
- topography — The shape and physical features of an area of land, such as hills and valleys.; frequency rank 40073
- riverfront — land, buildings, or a district directly beside a river; frequency rank 60769
- pampa — an extensive, usually grass-covered plain of temperate South America east of the Andes; frequency rank 60914
- burgh — a borough in Scotland; frequency rank 62246
- isthmus — a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas and bordered by water on both sides; frequency rank 63336
- hinterland — a remote region far from cities or major centers of activity; frequency rank 65133
- Paulista — a native or inhabitant of the Brazilian state of São Paulo; frequency rank 70644
- Patagonian — relating to Patagonia, the southern region of Argentina and Chile, or its people and culture; frequency rank 76515
- declination — A polite refusal of an offer or invitation.; frequency rank 79135
- antipodes — two places or points situated directly opposite each other on the earth; frequency rank 86750
- bight — a broad curve or indentation in a coastline, or the bay enclosed by it; frequency rank 92208
- Terai — a low, often marshy belt of plains and grasslands along the southern foothills of the Himalayas, especially in Nepal and northern India; frequency rank 123288
- circumpolar — located or found throughout a polar region; frequency rank 155765
- kopje — a small, usually rocky hill or mound, especially on the South African veld; frequency rank 345213
- wynd — in Scotland, a narrow lane, alley, or passage between buildings; frequency rank 552158
- harborage — shelter, refuge, or a place that provides safety and lodging; frequency rank 560004
- vicinage — archaic or literary: the surrounding district or neighborhood; frequency rank 970193
- underpeopled — Short of people; underpopulated.
- Aetolian — of or relating to Aetolia, a region of western Greece, or to its ancient people

### C2+
- constituent — a component part of something, or a voter in a district
- hereabout — in this general area; near this place
- bucolic — relating to the pleasant aspects of rural or pastoral life
- chapiter — the capital or uppermost part of a column or pillar
- deport — to expel a foreigner from a country, typically on legal grounds
- environs — the surrounding area or district of a place
- principality — a state or territory ruled by a prince
- borderland — land near a border between two countries or regions; an intermediate area
- constabulary — the police force of a district or country
- dominion — sovereignty or control; a territory under a single ruler
- incursion — a sudden invasion or raid into another's territory
- independency — the state of independence; a self-governing territory or church polity
- metropolis — a large, important city, often a regional capital
- municipality — a town or district with its own local self-government
- nationally — with respect to the whole nation; throughout a country
- riding — an administrative or electoral district, especially in Canada
- situate — to place or position in a particular location or context
- unannexed — not annexed or joined; not incorporated into a larger territory
- annexation — the act of incorporating territory into an existing state
- arcadia — an idealized region of rural peace and simple, pastoral contentment
- areal — of or relating to an area or surface region
- babylon — an ancient Mesopotamian city, often used for a place of luxury or corruption
- calaboose — a local jail or lockup
- collaborationism — cooperation with an enemy occupying one's country
- continental — relating to a continent, especially mainland Europe
- councilman — a male member of a town or city council
- councilwoman — a female member of a town or city council
- dartmoor — a moorland region of Devon, England, known for its granite tors
- devolution — the transfer of power from central to local authority; or degeneration
- emigration — the act of leaving one's country to settle elsewhere
- encroachment — a gradual intrusion on someone's territory or rights
- expatriation — the act of leaving or being banished from one's native country
- fringe — a decorative border of threads; the outer edge or margin
- geographics — matters or features relating to geography
- independentism — advocacy of political independence for a region or group
- industrialization — the development of industries on a wide scale in a region or country
- midland — the interior or central region of a country, away from coasts
- occupier — a person who lives in or holds a place, or a force holding occupied territory
- polar — relating to the North or South Pole; directly opposite in character
- rustic — relating to the countryside; plain and unsophisticated; a country dweller
- tenement — a run-down apartment building, especially in a poor urban area
- traitorous — betraying trust or one's country; treacherous
- upcountry — of or toward the interior or inland regions of a country
- uptown — in or toward the upper or residential part of a town or city
- verge — the edge, border, or brink of something