Obszary

Obszary is a Polish noun meaning areas, zones, or regions; it is the plural of obszar and is used to refer to distinct parts of space or sets within a larger whole. The term appears in geography, urban planning, administration, and everyday language to designate bounded or delineated parts of a territory or a concept.

In geography and planning, obszary designate defined parts of a territory, such as obszary miejskie (urban areas), obszary wiejskie (rural areas), obszary chronione (protected areas), obszary przemysłowe (industrial areas), or obszary zabudowane (built-up areas). It can also describe administrative or functional divisions within a city or region, for example obszar metropolitalny or obszar funkcjonalny.

In economics and management, obszary is used to talk about fields or domains of activity, for instance obszary działalności, obszary odpowiedzialności, or obszary tematyczne. In science and mathematics, the term can denote a geometric region (obszar płaszczyzny) or, in function theory, the obszar definicji (domain of definition). In everyday language, obszary appears in phrases such as obszary zainteresowań or obszary badań, indicating the scope of work or study.

Overall, obszary conveys the idea of a bounded or delineated part of a larger whole—physical, administrative, or conceptual. The nuance depends on context, with common collocations spanning geography, planning, and discourse on activities or knowledge domains.