geography

The named continent. A named place rather than a concept.

The named landmass and the nations on it. A named place rather than a concept.

The named largest continent. A named place rather than a concept.

The rear side, and the direction of return. Both are away from where one faces.

The official register of land parcels — who holds which ground, and where its lines run.

At or near the middle, and most important. The same word for a position and for a rank.

The largest landmasses, each holding many places under one name. Division at the coarsest scale.

To go over from one side to another. Also the mark made where two lines meet.

Where a going is aimed. A destination gives a journey its shape without being most of it.

The way a thing faces or moves. Also guidance given — both senses point.

Having a way it points. Direction adds an asymmetry that position alone does not have.

The direction of sunrise. One of the four bearings, fixed by the turning of the earth rather than by agreement.

Of or toward the east. A bearing made into a description of a region.

The named continent. A named place rather than a concept.

The direction one faces and moves toward. Forward is defined by the body, not by the ground.

Of the earth. A part placed at the front to make a thing about place.

Land surrounded by water. An island is defined by its separation as much as by its ground.

The side opposite right, by convention from the body outward. Also what remains after taking.

The direction toward the pole. One of the four bearings, and the one maps are conventionally oriented to.

Of or toward the north. A bearing made into a description of a region.

A path that circles something without ever reaching it. Held by attraction and by motion at once.

Knowing which way one faces, and what lies around. Orientation must be established before direction means anything.

Of the named ocean, and peaceable. Named by a sailor who found it calm on the day he crossed.

A way worn by being walked. Not built - a path is the record that others went first.

A route through a structure, understood as one of several. A pathway is a way that exists whether or not it is walked.

Marked-off pieces of ground, and the shapes stories take. Both are areas someone drew a line around.

The side opposite left. Also what one is owed — the same word for a direction and for a just claim.

A chosen way from one place to another. A route is one path among many, and choosing it excludes the rest.

Of the named desert and the region around it. A named place rather than a concept.

One of the bounding faces of a thing, and one of the parties in a matter. Both are positions relative to a middle.

The open field above every head — where the moon keeps her phases, the wanderers walk, and the year turns its wheel. The sky is the one calendar every hearth shares.

The direction opposite north. One of the four bearings, fixed by the turning of the earth.

The bearing between south and east. A named direction rather than a concept.

Of or toward the south. A bearing made into a description of a region.

Extent with room in it. What is stretched open so something can be placed, or so nothing need be.

Belonging to space and position. Of what is understood by where things are relative to each other.

A small marked place. Also to notice — the same word for a location and for finding one.

Irish: a stream, a current — water that carries by flowing. In modern Irish the same root carries live media: sruthú, streaming.

To go from one place to another. In this record, also the standing question of what may leave the house and under whose consent.

Of or toward the west. A bearing made into a description of a region.

Everything there is, considered as one. Also the particular sphere a being actually lives in, which is much smaller.

A bounded region governed by its own conditions. A zone's edges are drawn rather than found.