Regions
Settlements and regions are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Settlements" instead a noun "Regions".
Settlements
Regions and settlements are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Regions" instead a noun "Settlements".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- They can and have annexed regions by military force, but they prefer to expand through peaceful settlement and through inviting existing frontier settlements to join them.
Source: Hegemonic Empire -
Hegemonic Empire: New California Republic have annexed regions by military force, but they prefer to expand through peaceful settlement and inviting existing frontier settlements to join them.
Source: Video Game / Fallout -
Later it's revealed that their very settlements have actually been bits and pieces of an ancient exploded Humongous Mecha, and that uncharted regions of their planet still contained a lot of unknown technology, none of which they had been aware of for a hundred millenia.
Source: Lost Technology
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