plage

Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.

To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).

One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics

The aggregate of past events.

To make distinct or separate, particularly:

The faint pink extension of a star's atmospheric envelope between the corona and the photosphere

The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.

A region on the sun's surface with a lower temperature than its surroundings and intense magnetic activity.

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

(chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.

The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.