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Adjectives and nouns used singly or in conjunction, to distinguish definite regions or parts of the world; and also terms applied to groups of states: Old World, Western Hemisphere, North Pole, Equator, the North (=Scandinavia), the East (the Orient), the Far East, the Orient, the Levant; the North, South, East, West (United States); North Atlantic states, Gulf states, Middle Western states, Pacific Coast states. But do not, as a rule, capitalize adjectives derived from such names, or nouns having an adjectival form, or nouns simply designating direction or point of compass: oriental customs, northern Europe, the southern states, a southerner (but: Northman = Scandinavian) ; an invasion of barbarians from the north, extending through the south of Europe.

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Generic terms for political divisions: (1) when the term is an organic part of the name, following the proper name directly: Holy Roman Empire, German Empire (=Deutsches Reich), French Republic (=République française), United Kingdom, Northwest Territory, Cook County, Evanston Township, Kansas City (New York City — exception). (2) when, with the preposition "of," it is used as an integral part of the name to indicate certain minor administrative subdivisions in the United States: Department of the Lakes, Town of Lake, Borough of Manhattan.