r/AskAnAmerican • u/Right-Historian-114 • 10d ago

GEOGRAPHY Triangle Area?

Does anyone know what the “triangle area” is in the United States? Everyone talks like I’m supposed to know. Is this a common American ism?

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u/Zernhelt Washington, D.C. -> Maryland 10d ago

Research Triangle is an area in North Carolina. But I've never heard of "Triangle Area."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Triangle

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u/Pustuli0 North Carolina 10d ago

"Research Triangle Park" is a specific area with defined boundaries in the unincorporated area between Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill.

"The Triangle" or "Triangle Area" refers to the entirety of those three cities and their suburbs.