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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, namely a raised space in a See also:field exposed on all sides to the See also:wind; now applied in See also: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 of a See also:building, (3) to the superficial space covered by a See also:district, See also:country, &c., or by a building or court.

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