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GEOGRAPHICAL ZONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude
Synonyms:
geographical zone; zone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("geographical zone" is a kind of...):
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geographical zone"):
climatic zone (any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude)
time zone (any of the 24 regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used)
transit zone (a six million square mile area that includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean; includes the principal routes used by drug smugglers)
