regional rivalry
Neighboring areas competing
Regional rivalry is competition or antagonism between geographic areas—neighboring states, cities, or districts that define themselves partly in opposition to each other.
The rivalry often manifests in sports, economic competition, or cultural pride: The regional rivalry between Boston and New York intensifies every baseball season.
Such rivalries can be good-natured or carry genuine hostility rooted in historical grievances.
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- border warConflict at territorial edges
- turf warStruggle over claimed ground
- feudBitter ongoing rivalry
- blood feudInherited cycle of retribution
competition · bragging rights · border · home turf · turf · state · province · local · pride · clash · sports · team · bragging · neighbor · dispute · faction · allegiance · us versus them
- Sports Rivalryarchrival, grudge match, bragging rights, derby, showdown
- OlympicsOlympics, Olympic Games, Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics, Olympic medal
- sportssports, basketball, tennis, athletics, golf
- Gulf RegionPersian Gulf, Gulf states, Gulf of Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait
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Nearby areas collaborating jointly
regional unity · regional alliance · neighborly relations · economic union · mutual aid
regional rivalryinternational conflict
Dispute between nations
internal strife · global conflict · global competition · superpower rivalry · geopolitical conflict
regional rivalryregional unity
Cooperation among neighboring areas
federalism · unification · regionalism · national identity · common market
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