Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); county (e.g. of the UK); region (e.g. of Italy); canton; oblast

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

continent

Historical term; Noun, used as a suffix

province (of Japan)

Historical term; Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

province (of ancient China); prefecture; department

Archaic; Suffix; After a person's name

dear

mid-ocean sandbank

Europe

sandbank; sandbar

Manchuria

Historical term; Abbreviation

Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)

sandbank (in a river); sandbar

white sandbar; white sandbank

area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles

gravel separating a noh stage from the audience

Archaic

court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

stranding; running aground

Historical term

Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)

land of the gods; Japan; China