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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 forbidden
Familiarity information: NO-GO AREA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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