The smaller planets hovering around the planet Jupiter reminded him of the guards surrounding a king when he walked outdoors, and Kepler called them satellites.

The Arctic is the area round the North Pole.

He explored the region around the South Pole.

The second is the affinity with environment. By utilizing natural energy and reducing wastes, we have to make houses which harmonize with ecology.

After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area begins to develop.

Noise is the most serious problem for those who live around the airports.

We studied the road map of the country around Paris.

Today our artificial satellites are revolving around the earth.

Police immediately sealed off the streets around the hotel as they searched for the bomb.

Blake loved to walk in the country round London.

About 27,000 people live in and around Deal, but it has a small town center and it feels very much like a small town.

The province supplies its neighbors with various raw materials.

The word came to be used for all small heavenly bodies revolving about larger ones.

Kate's father is about the house.

The words of the year 2010 in Denmark are "ash cloud", "Peripheral Denmark", "vuvuzela" and "WikiLeaks".

This is about 8 feet above sea level. In case of a tsunami, please evacuate to higher ground immediately.