KBIS Eng. Dept. Level 1C Unit1 Places in a City

DamienSMoss (Vietnam)
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  1. airport
    an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
  2. amusement park
    an entertainment venue with stalls, shows, rides, and games
  3. apartment building
    a building that is divided into apartments
  4. aquarium
    a tank or pool filled with water for keeping live fish
  5. arcade
    a structure composed of arches supported by columns
  6. art gallery
    a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
  7. bank
    financial institution that accepts deposits and lends money
  8. beach
    an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
  9. boarding school
    a private school where students are lodged and fed
  10. bus station
    a terminal that serves bus passengers
  11. bus stop
    a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers
  12. car park
    a lot where cars are parked
  13. cemetery
    a tract of land used for burials
  14. church
    a place for public (especially Christian) worship
  15. cinema
    a theater where films are shown
  16. city hall
    a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government
  17. clinic
    a medical establishment run by a group of specialists
  18. correctional institution
    a penal institution maintained by the government
  19. court
    an assembly to conduct judicial business
  20. department store
    a large shop organized into sections
  21. factory
    a plant with facilities for manufacturing
  22. farmland
    a rural area where farming is practiced
  23. fire station
    a station housing fire apparatus and firemen
  24. footpath
    a trodden path
  25. highway
    a major road for any form of motor transport
  26. hospital
    a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care
  27. hotel
    a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
  28. hotel
    a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
  29. kindergarten
    a preschool for children to prepare them for primary school
  30. library
    a place containing books and other materials for reading
  31. mall
    mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
  32. mortuary
    a building where bodies are kept before burial or cremation
  33. mosque
    a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
  34. movie theater
    a theater where films are shown
  35. museum
    a building for collecting and displaying valuable objects
  36. neighborhood
    an area within a city or town that has distinctive features
  37. office
    place of business where professional duties are performed
  38. pagoda
    an Asian temple
  39. park
    a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
  40. planetarium
    an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems
  41. police station
    a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought
  42. post office
    a local branch where postal services are available"
  43. prison
    a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
  44. research center
    a center where research is done
  45. restaurant
    a building where people go to eat
  46. rural
    living in or characteristic of farming or country life
  47. school
    an educational institution
  48. stadium
    a large structure for sports or entertainments
  49. statue
    a sculpture representing a human or animal
  50. supermarket
    a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods
  51. swimming pool
    pool that provides a facility for swimming
  52. synagogue
    the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
  53. temple
    a place of worship
  54. town hall
    a government building that houses administrative offices of a town government
  55. traffic light
    a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections
  56. universe
    everything that exists anywhere
  57. university
    an institution of higher learning that grants degrees
  58. university
    an institution of higher learning that grants degrees
  59. urban
    relating to a city or densely populated area
  60. zoo
    a facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
Created on Wed Mar 13 13:02:05 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Mar 13 15:56:25 EDT 2013)

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