diff --git a/rdf/tbox/filegraph/geo-political.owl b/rdf/tbox/filegraph/geo-political.owl
index 115b7009..43d4c5ac 100644
--- a/rdf/tbox/filegraph/geo-political.owl
+++ b/rdf/tbox/filegraph/geo-political.owl
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@
 
     <owl:Class rdf:about="http://aims.fao.org/aos/geopolitical.owl#geographical_region">
         <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://aims.fao.org/aos/geopolitical.owl#group"/>
-        <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#TransnationalRegion"/>
+        <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#GeographicRegion"/>
         <terms:source rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">United Nations statistics department http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm</terms:source>
     </owl:Class>
     
@@ -1081,8 +1081,7 @@
     <!-- http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Continent -->
 
     <owl:Class rdf:about="http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Continent">
-
-        <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#TransnationalRegion"/>
+        <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#GeographicRegion"/>
         <obo:IAO_0000115 rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">A large contiguous landmass  that is at least partially surrounded by water, together with any islands on its continental shelf.</obo:IAO_0000115>
         <obo:IAO_0000112 rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">Short Definition take from http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/continent.</obo:IAO_0000112>
         <obo:IAO_0000112 rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">The seven commonly recognized continents are Africa; Antarctica; Asia; Australia; Europe; North America; South America</obo:IAO_0000112>
@@ -1155,21 +1154,7 @@
         <obo:IAO_0000115 rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">Smaller administrative division into which a country may be divided.</obo:IAO_0000115>
     </owl:Class>
     
-
-
-    <!-- http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#TransnationalRegion -->
-
-    <owl:Class rdf:about="http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#TransnationalRegion">
-
-        <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#GeographicRegion"/>
-        <obo:IAO_0000115 rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">Any region that goes beyond national boundaries and does not fit into any subclass of core:TransnationalRegion.</obo:IAO_0000115>
-        <obo:IAO_0000112 rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">None as yet.</obo:IAO_0000112>
-        <obo:IAO_0000112 rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">Not sure how to access the &quot;Editor&apos;s Comments&quot;. But as North America is a continent, it would be placed directly into the continent subclass and viewable through this class along with any other subclass entities.</obo:IAO_0000112>
-        <rdfs:comment rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">sub-Saharan Africa, North America</rdfs:comment>
-    </owl:Class>
 </rdf:RDF>
 
-
-
 <!-- Generated by the OWL API (version 3.3.1957) http://owlapi.sourceforge.net -->
 
diff --git a/rdf/tbox/firsttime/initialTBoxAnnotations.n3 b/rdf/tbox/firsttime/initialTBoxAnnotations.n3
index 9e5f4c82..139583c1 100644
--- a/rdf/tbox/firsttime/initialTBoxAnnotations.n3
+++ b/rdf/tbox/firsttime/initialTBoxAnnotations.n3
@@ -5243,17 +5243,6 @@ obo:ERO_0000783
       vitro:prohibitedFromUpdateBelowRoleLevelAnnot
               <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/role#public> .
 
-vivo:TransnationalRegion
-      rdfs:label "Transnational Region"@en-US ;
-      vitro:displayLimitAnnot
-              "-1"^^xsd:int ;
-      vitro:displayRankAnnot
-              "-1"^^xsd:int ;
-      vitro:hiddenFromDisplayBelowRoleLevelAnnot
-              <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/role#public> ;
-      vitro:prohibitedFromUpdateBelowRoleLevelAnnot
-              <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/role#public> .
-
 vivo:termLabel
       rdfs:label "term label"@en-US ;
       vitro:displayRankAnnot