subarea
noun
sub·ar·ea
ˌsəb-ˈer-ē-ə 
-ˈā-rē-ə
variants
or sub-area
plural subareas or sub-areas
: an area within a larger area
Most of the streets there really do have no name; instead, cities and towns are subdivided into areas, subareas and blocks.—
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In Meridian, developers have in recent months filed preliminary applications to build on hundreds of acres in the Fields subarea, a 4-square-mile area bounded by Ustick, McDermott, Chinden Boulevard and Can Ada Road.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 17 May 2025
The council is considering alternatives to the emergency action, including implementing an annual closure of the savings area and subareas to all commercial groundfish fishing gears through a normal rulemaking process — that would not include non-pelagic trawling.
—Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023
With social-distancing measures in place for the foreseeable future, queue management—once an esoteric subarea of logistics—is being recast as a health-and-wellness hero.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2020
Moreover, the horizontal spaces between neurons in this subarea widened by nearly 50 percent, creating more room for axons and dendrites.
—Heather Pringle, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 17 May 2025
The council is considering alternatives to the emergency action, including implementing an annual closure of the savings area and subareas to all commercial groundfish fishing gears through a normal rulemaking process — that would not include non-pelagic trawling.
—Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023
With social-distancing measures in place for the foreseeable future, queue management—once an esoteric subarea of logistics—is being recast as a health-and-wellness hero.
—Elissaveta M. Brandon, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2020
Moreover, the horizontal spaces between neurons in this subarea widened by nearly 50 percent, creating more room for axons and dendrites.
—Heather Pringle, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
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“Subarea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subarea. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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