N. region, sphere, ground, soil, # area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle, reservation, pale, compartment, department, clearing, [political divisions: see property &c. 780 and Government &c. 737a.], arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march, patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court, enclave, reserve, preserve, street, clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude, biosphere, lithosphere

Adj. territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional

N. limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, # bourn, verge, curbstone, but, pale, reservation, termination, terminus, stint, frontier, precinct, marches, backwoods, boundary line, landmark, line of demarcation, line of circumvallation, pillars of hercules, rubicon, turning point, ne plus ultra, sluice, floodgate

Adj. definite, conterminate|, conterminable, terminal, frontier, bordering

Adv. thus far, thus far and no further

Phr. stick to the reservation, go beyond the pale, special