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GeoculturalRegion geocultural region A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> is a region united by economic, cultural, political, or religious ties. The exact boundaries for such regions are sometimes difficult to determine, and sometimes it is unclear whether a region ought to count as one. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvoEFu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaribbeanRegion</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>. Non-examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NorthernHemisphere_Region</a>, where there is only a geographical commonality shared by the areas subsumed by the region, and the area of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nicaragua</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioIZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CostaRica</a> combined, which does not by itself form a natural grouping, but is subsumed by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralAmerica</a>. Another non-example of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> would be 'Spanish-speaking countries,' which are too geographically scattered to form a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a>. Note that one country may be subsumed by more than one <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> : for example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVifKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Norway</a> is in both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv41zCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternEurope</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_region cultural region geographical/cultural region cultural regions geographical/cultural regions geocultural regions The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> consisting of all countries which border the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>, including but not limited to <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Algeria</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Egypt</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8BJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Greece</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjMgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Italy</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViCzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Libya</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Morocco</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7c5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Syria</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViERpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkey</a>. Mediterranean-Region the Mediterranean region Scandinavia-Nordic <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwCt_lJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia_Nordic</a> is the territory occupied by the nordic Scandinavian countries. The territory includes the territories of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVifKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Norway</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjevpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweden</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Denmark</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iceland</a>, but not <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Finland</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTWDtpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia_Broad</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdKDXZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia_Continental</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvs0PTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ScandinavianPeninsula</a>. Scandinavia Nordic CentralAndEasternEurope-Region The European territory of the Soviet Union plus the territory of the countries in Europe run by Communist parties during the Cold War. Central and Eastern Europe <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdKDXZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia_Continental</a> is the portion of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a> on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjddJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurope</a> (including nearby offshore <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Island</a>s). The territory includes the territories of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVifKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Norway</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjevpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweden</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Denmark</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Finland</a>, but not <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iceland</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTWDtpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia_Broad</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvs0PTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ScandinavianPeninsula</a>. Scandinavia-Continental Continental Scandinavia PacificRim-Region the Pacific Rim Countries and states which border the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a>, not including the smaller islands of Oceania (i.e., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrtrpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificRim</a> does include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Australia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NewZealand</a>). Australasia Australasia-Region An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rre1-AnMgEdaAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">Australasia_Region</a> includes the islands of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Australia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NewZealand</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjiwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PapuaNewGuinea</a>. MiddleEast-Region the Middle East This is the actual land region of Asia and northeastern Africa known as the Middle East. Southern Europe Region The territory of southern Europe. SouthernEurope-Region Indian subcontinent IndianSubcontinent major island group off the NW corner of Europe the British Isles BritishIsles-Archipelago An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a> is a region of Northern Europe which includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Denmark</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjevpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweden</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVifKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Norway</a> (qq.v.). Scandinavia Scandinavia AmazonRainForest the Amazon rain forest SouthEastAsiaAndOceania-Region Southeast Asia and Oceania The division of the globe comprising most of the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The subdivisions of Oceania are Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, which are grouped together in accordance with the physical and cultural characteristics of the inhabitants. Oceania also includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Australia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NewZealand</a>. Some of the islands included are American Samoa, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnGuhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Guam</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjiwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PapuaNewGuinea</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolomonIslands_TheNation</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandOfTahiti_FrenchPolynesia</a>. Oceania Oceania-Region Northern Africa NorthernAfrica CentralAmerica Central America The land area that connects NorthAmerica with SouthAmerica. The region of Europe which contained the 'Western' countries which were not a part of the Soviet Bloc during the cold war. It also excludes the Balkan states. There continues to be a clear divide between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, despite the end of the cold war. Western Europe WesternEurope Central Europe The territory of the group of non-Soviet countries in Europe which were part of the Soviet Bloc during the Cold War. The territory of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj9lJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Yugoslavia</a> is included in this region even though the country had an independent policy from the late 1940s. CentralEurope-Region the Old West TheOldWest-USRegion the Baltic States A region comprised of the independent republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. BalticStates-Region Eastern Europe ExSovietEasternEurope-Region The group of former Soviet countries in Europe. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> comprised of the countries of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkAS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfSouthAmerica</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralAmerica</a>. Latin America LatinAmerica Southeast Asia SoutheastAsia This is the part of Asia known as southeast Asia CaribbeanRegion The area that includes the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViXy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaribbeanSea</a> and the islands surrounded by it, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Jamaica</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFZpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hispaniola_Island</a>. the Caribbean CentralAndEasternAsia-Region Central And Eastern Asia Region Melanesia-Region Melanesia is located in the Pacific, north and north-east of Australia. Melanesia Polynesia-Region Polynesia Polynesia, one of the three main ethnological divisions of Oceania, along with Melanesia and Micronesia. Polynesia is located in the central and S Pacific Ocean, and consists of large volcanic islands such as the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwEFGhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HawaiianIslands</a> and smaller coral islands. NewportRhodeIsland-Place Newport Rhode Island Balkans-Region the Balkans Comprised of the countries located in the Balkan Peninsula, a peninsula in southeastern Europe, bounded on the east by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlackSea</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi-B5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AegeanSea</a>, on the south by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>, and on the west by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVis2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AdriaticSea</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViDaJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IonianSea</a>. It is bound on the north by the Sava River and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjGDpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DanubeRiver</a>. Countries include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvs2-25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Slovenia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnNcIpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Croatia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4ctQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bosnia_Herzegovina</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvpwZNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Macedonia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj9lJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Yugoslavia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNj5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Albania</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8BJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Greece</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViC8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Romania</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj9EZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bulgaria</a>, and European <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViERpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkey</a>. Historically, much of this region was controlled by the Ottoman Empire. Scandinavia Scandinavia-Broad <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTWDtpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia_Broad</a> is the broadest meaning of the word &quot;Scandinavia&quot;. The territory includes the territories of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVifKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Norway</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjevpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweden</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Finland</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iceland</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdKDXZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia_Continental</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwCt_lJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia_Nordic</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvs0PTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ScandinavianPeninsula</a>. The land surrounding the SanFranciscoBay. Refer to its geographicalSubRegions to see the many great cities contained in this area. San Francisco Bay area SanFranciscoBayArea The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtoF0SgrMEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">Occident</a> includes the territories of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjddJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurope</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwHKBVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternContinent</a>. It is distinguished from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a> also called the &quot;Orient&quot;. Occident the Occident Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString GeoculturalRegion geocultural region A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> is a region united by economic, cultural, political, or religious ties. The exact boundaries for such regions are sometimes difficult to determine, and sometimes it is unclear whether a region ought to count as one. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvoEFu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaribbeanRegion</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>. Non-examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NorthernHemisphere_Region</a>, where there is only a geographical commonality shared by the areas subsumed by the region, and the area of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nicaragua</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioIZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CostaRica</a> combined, which does not by itself form a natural grouping, but is subsumed by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralAmerica</a>. Another non-example of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> would be 'Spanish-speaking countries,' which are too geographically scattered to form a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a>. Note that one country may be subsumed by more than one <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> : for example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVifKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Norway</a> is in both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv41zCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternEurope</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>. GeoculturalRegion geocultural region A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> is a region united by economic, cultural, political, or religious ties. The exact boundaries for such regions are sometimes difficult to determine, and sometimes it is unclear whether a region ought to count as one. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvoEFu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaribbeanRegion</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>. Non-examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NorthernHemisphere_Region</a>, where there is only a geographical commonality shared by the areas subsumed by the region, and the area of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nicaragua</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioIZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CostaRica</a> combined, which does not by itself form a natural grouping, but is subsumed by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralAmerica</a>. Another non-example of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> would be 'Spanish-speaking countries,' which are too geographically scattered to form a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a>. Note that one country may be subsumed by more than one <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> : for example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVifKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Norway</a> is in both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv41zCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternEurope</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>. <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> means that <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is <i>broader</i> than <code><b>TERM1</b></code>, in an extremely general sense of &quot;broader&quot;. For example, <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code><b>TERM1</b></code> if any of the following hold:<br><br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that subsumes <code><b>TERM1</b></code>; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as an instance; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as parts; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as a part; <br><br> This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. BT broaderTerm Concept Nodes For Task Type Fn intelligence analysis task (ConceptNodesForTaskTypeFn IntelligenceAnalysisTask-Allotment) A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>) -- i.e. object-like with respect to some physical-spatial part-whole predicate (e.g. some specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). <p/> Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a given copy <code><b>COPY</b></code> of (say) &quot;Moby Dick&quot; is still a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. (Most collections of tangible objects are temporally stuff-like in this way.) But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is spatially <i>object-like</i>: if we take a scalpel and slice <code><b>COPY</b></code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. <p/> See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object geographical region GeographicalRegion A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLjlAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkDZZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SurfaceRegion_Tangible</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a> is a tangible spatial region that includes some piece of the surface of a planet (usually <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkL_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlanetEarth</a>), and may be represented on a map of the planet. This includes purely topographical regions like mountains and underwater spaces, places defined by demographics (e.g. language areas) and territory otherwise demarcated (e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPvi0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeZone</a>s). In &quot;dualist&quot; geopolitical contexts (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnCA15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DualistGeopoliticalMt</a>, instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a> are also considered to be instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. <p/> In all cases the region in question must contain some tangible component with which it is possible to make physical contact. The instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a> contrast in this respect with the instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvc-YsJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalThing_Intangible</a>, which are wholly intangible. <p/> Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RockyMountainStates_USRegion</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv9tl95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAustralia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViO4pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SinaiPeninsula</a>, and -- in &quot;dualist&quot; geopolitical contexts -- <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViC4ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">YaleUniversity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfPittsburghPA</a>. Some important types of regions are represented by the sub-collections <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj3CJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LanguageArea</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPvi0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeZone</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWdbEZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PostalCodeRegion</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjKJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EcologicalRegion</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP2CrJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConstructionSite</a>, and -- in &quot;dualist&quot; geopolitical contexts -- <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>. No instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a> are wholly indoor locations. A collection of collections and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is a collection C of spatial things (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing</a>), where each of the spatial things in C is spatially disjoint with the other spatial things in C. <p/> For example, the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dog</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>, since dogs do not spatially overlap. Even pregnant dogs do not spatially overlap the pups they bear; rather, pregnant dogs contain their unborn pups. Other instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwVGrQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LatitudeLine</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvW4n1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CompactDisc_Audio</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwR7UWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlanetaryBody</a>. An important specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointRegionType</a> (a collection of specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwT-n15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TrueContinent</a>). spatially disjoint object type SpatiallyDisjointObjectType GeoculturalRegion geocultural region A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> is a region united by economic, cultural, political, or religious ties. The exact boundaries for such regions are sometimes difficult to determine, and sometimes it is unclear whether a region ought to count as one. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvoEFu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaribbeanRegion</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>. Non-examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NorthernHemisphere_Region</a>, where there is only a geographical commonality shared by the areas subsumed by the region, and the area of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nicaragua</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioIZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CostaRica</a> combined, which does not by itself form a natural grouping, but is subsumed by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralAmerica</a>. Another non-example of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> would be 'Spanish-speaking countries,' which are too geographically scattered to form a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a>. Note that one country may be subsumed by more than one <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> : for example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVifKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Norway</a> is in both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv41zCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternEurope</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>. The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_4bScKNtQdiVw7XtX-HN0Q" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> that are used by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYbXiJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QueryAugmentationApplication</a> to resolve natural language ambiguities. QAClarifyingCollectionType QA clarifying collection type GeoculturalRegion geocultural region A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> is a region united by economic, cultural, political, or religious ties. The exact boundaries for such regions are sometimes difficult to determine, and sometimes it is unclear whether a region ought to count as one. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvoEFu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaribbeanRegion</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>. Non-examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NorthernHemisphere_Region</a>, where there is only a geographical commonality shared by the areas subsumed by the region, and the area of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nicaragua</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioIZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CostaRica</a> combined, which does not by itself form a natural grouping, but is subsumed by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralAmerica</a>. Another non-example of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> would be 'Spanish-speaking countries,' which are too geographically scattered to form a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a>. Note that one country may be subsumed by more than one <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> : for example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVifKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Norway</a> is in both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv41zCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternEurope</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>.