region

Meaning

  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.
  2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
  3. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
  4. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
  5. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
  6. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
  7. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
  8. The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
  9. A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
  10. An approximate range.
  11. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
  12. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

Concepts

region

area

district

zone

country

place

province

territory

land

locality

domain

part

field

quarter

belt

state

realm

section

side

direction

ground

site

location

plot

tract

spot

precinct

department

nation

boundary

sphere

vicinity

neighborhood

terrain

dominion

clime

regime

portion

kingdom

border

county

world

demesne

circle

situation

piece

compass

band

river bank

neighbourhood

circuit

lot

a lot

continent

ward

rule

whole place

level

limits

stage

rejoin

mainland

division

rim

oblast

quarter of the compass

land Provinces

circumscription

neck

okrug

reg.

sectional

homeland

regional news

constitution

polity

system of government

placement

position

vegetation region

territorial division

residential area

Baltic States

against

coast

edge

environment

etc

local area

extent

beat

parcel

parcel of land

piece of ground

piece of land

premises

soil

territorial dominion

yard

fare-stage

sector

parish

scenery

product

service

administrative district

bring

carry

conduct

girdle

lead

ribbon

tape

tie

shore

range

scope

prefecture

locus

ambit

periphery

rural area

village

earth

great

board

rise

saliva

frontier

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹiːd͡ʒən/
Etymology

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

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