area

• n. 面積、地域; 大きさ; 範囲
• n. （地域）人の名前；（西）Areia

語源は不明。雑草や低木などを火で焼き払うこと。

area

area: [16] Area is a direct borrowing from Latin ārea, which simply meant ‘level piece of open ground, particularly one not built on in a city’. An alternative sense of the Latin word, ‘place where grain is threshed’, has suggested to some etymologists a derivation from the Latin verb ārēre ‘be dry’ (related to ardor and aridus, sources of English ardour and arid).
=> ardour, arid

area (n.)

1530s, "vacant piece of ground," from Latin area "level ground, open space," used of building sites, playgrounds, threshing floors, etc.; which is of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to arere "to become dry," on notion of a burned clearing or dry, bare space. The generic sense of "amount of surface (whether open or not) contained within any set of limits" is from 1845. Area code in North American telephone systems is attested from 1959.

1. The study links the main living area to the kitchen.

書斎は、主な生活エリアをキッチンと連結している。

2.The spokesman confirmed that the area was now in rebel hands.

この報道官は、この地域が反乱分子の手に落ちていることを確認した。

3.America has enough firepower in the area to mount sustained air strikes.

米国はこの地域で十分な火力を発揮して空中打撃を続けている。

4.For most of the year，the area is teeming with tourists.

1年のほとんどの間、この地域の観光客は織り交ぜていた。

5.The area has been the scene of fierce fighting for three months.

この地域では3カ月間、激戦が続いている。