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Region

//ˈɹiːd͡ʒn̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.

    "the equatorial regions"

  2. 2
    a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve wordnet
  3. 3
    An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.; Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward. historical
  4. 4
    a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about wordnet
  5. 5
    An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.; An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
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  1. 6
    the extended spatial location of something wordnet
  2. 7
    An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.; A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
  3. 8
    a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth wordnet
  4. 9
    An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.; Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality. Ontario, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  5. 10
    the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’) wordnet
  6. 11
    An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.; Ellipsis of administrative region. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  7. 12
    An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.; Ellipsis of administrative region.; A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
  8. 13
    The inhabitants of a region or district of a country. figuratively
  9. 14
    A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

    "the abdominal regions"

  10. 15
    An approximate range.

    "The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35."

  11. 16
    Place; rank; station; dignity. obsolete

    "he is of too high a region"

  12. 17
    The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region. obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

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