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NO-GO AREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does no-go area mean? 

NO-GO AREA (noun)
  The noun NO-GO AREA has 1 sense:

1. an area that is dangerous or impossible to enter or to which entry is forbiddenplay

  Familiarity information: NO-GO AREA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NO-GO AREA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An area that is dangerous or impossible to enter or to which entry is forbidden

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("no-go area" is a kind of...):

area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


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