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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 451 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AREA , a Latin word, originally meaning a threshing-See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor, namely a raised space in a See also:

field exposed on all sides to the See also:

wind; now applied in See also:

ENGLISH

English (I) to a See also:

plot of ground on which a structure is to be erected, (2) to the See also:

court or sunk space in the front or See also:

REAR

rear of a See also:

BUILDING

building, (3) to the superficial space covered by a See also:

DISTRICT

district, See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, &c., or by a building or court.

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