broca(n = noun.person) pierre-paul broca - French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people; remembered for his discovery that articulate speech depends on an area of the brain now known as Broca's area (1824-1880);
is a kind of anthropologist

convolution of broca, pierre-paul broca

1.  area(n = noun.location) country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
is a kind of region
has particulars: arena, high country, bed-ground, bed ground, bedground, broadcast area, center, centre, eye, heart, middle, corner, corner, disaster area, hangout, haunt, repair, resort, stamping ground, fireside, hearth, hunting ground, no-go area, no man's land, quadrant, quadrant, rain shadow, staging area, clear, open, free port, free zone, anchorage, anchorage ground, playground, resort area, vacation spot, block, city block, neighborhood, retreat, refuge, safety, danger, scene, section, shrubbery, space, tank farm, winner's circle, bermuda triangle
Derived form adjective areal₁

2.  area(n = noun.cognition) - a subject of study; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..."
is a kind of issue, matter, subject, topic
has particulars: gray area, grey area, territory

3.  area(n = noun.body) region - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region"
is a kind of body part
has particulars: erogenous zone, pressure point, hypochondrium, area of cardiac dullness, epigastrium, fovea, fovea centralis, parafovea, macula, macula lutea, macular area, yellow spot, cortical area, cortical region, perineum, side, cleavage, areola, ring of color, middle, midriff, midsection, waist, waistline, loins, pubes, pubic region, palm, thenar, thenar, sole, half-moon, lunula, lunule, groin, inguen, quick

4.  area(n = noun.state) arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere - a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
is a kind of environment
has particulars: distaff, front, kingdom, land, realm, lap, political arena, political sphere, preserve, province, responsibility

5.  area(n = noun.artifact) - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"
is a kind of construction, structure
has particulars: aisle, auditorium, baggage claim, box, breakfast area, breakfast nook, bullpen, bema, chancel, sanctuary, choir, corner, nook, court, courtyard, dead-air space, dining area, enclosure, goalmouth, hideaway, retreat, nave, orchestra pit, pit, panopticon, patio, terrace, pit, pit, press gallery, lay-by, layby, pull-off, rest area, rest stop, quad, quadrangle, room, family circle, peanut gallery, second balcony, upper balcony, storage space, threshing floor, turnaround

6.  area(n = noun.attribute) expanse, surface area - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
is a kind of extent
has particulars: acreage, land area, footprint, erasure, blank space, place, space, space, balk, baulk, plane section, section
Derived form adjective areal₁

1.  Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building. [1913 Webster]
"The Alban lake . . . looks like the area of some vast amphitheater." [1913 Webster]

2.  The inclosed space on which a building stands. [1913 Webster]

3.  The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building. [1913 Webster]

4.  An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas. [1913 Webster]

5.  The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle. [1913 Webster]

6.  A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area. [1913 Webster]

7.  Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought. [1913 Webster]
"The largest area of human history and man's common nature." [1913 Webster]

area, n.
1 the extent or measure of a surface (over a large area; 3 acres in area; the area of a triangle).
2 a region or tract (the southern area).
3 a space allocated for a specific purpose (dining area; camping area).
4 the scope or range of an activity or study.
5 US a space below ground level in front of the basement of a building.
6 (prec. by the) Football = penalty area.

Derivative:
areal adj.

Etymology:
L, = vacant piece of level ground

N  region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle, reservation, pale, compartment, department, clearing, (property) &c 780 (Government), 1 arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march, patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court, enclave, reserve, preserve, street, clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude, biosphere, lithosphere, territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.

N  place, lieu, spot, point, dot, niche, nook, hole, pigeonhole, compartment, premises, precinct, station, area, courtyard, square, abode, locality, ins and outs, every hole and corner, somewhere, in some place, wherever it may be, here and there, in various places, passim.

area bombing, area code, area of cardiac dullness, area unit, association area, auditory area, breakfast area, broadcast area, broca's area, brodmann's area, camping area, cargo area, catchment area, combat area, cortical area, dining area, disaster area, drainage area, excitable area, exhibition area, farming area, force per unit area, frontal area, geographic area, geographical area, germinal area, gray area, grey area, land area, language area, launch area, loading area, local area network, macular area, motor area, no-go area, parking area, picnic area, piriform area, playing area, populated area, pyriform area, residential area, resort area, rest area, rolando's area, rural area, seating area, sensorimotor area, service area, slum area, staging area, sterling area, storage area, subject area, suburban area, surface area, target area, toxic waste area, urban area, visual area, waiting area, wernicke's area, wide area network, wireless local area network