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re·gion
(rē′jən)n.
1.
a. A large, usually continuous segment of a surface or space: the upper regions of the atmosphere.
b. A portion of the earth's surface distinguished from others by some characteristic: the coastal region; the region of storm damage.
c. A bioregion.
d. A political district or unit, often with its adjacent lands: the Osaka region.
2. An area of the body having natural or arbitrarily assigned boundaries: the abdominal region.
3. An area of interest or activity; a sphere: the region of gender studies.
4. An approximate degree or amount: costs in the region of one billion dollars.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin regiō, regiōn-, from regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
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region
(ˈriːdʒən)n
1. any large, indefinite, and continuous part of a surface or space
2. (Physical Geography) an area considered as a unit for geographical, functional, social, or cultural reasons
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an administrative division of a country: Tuscany is one of the regions of the Italian Republic.
4. a realm or sphere of activity or interest
5. range, area, or scope: in what region is the price likely to be?.
6. (Pathology) a division or part of the boday: the lumbar region.
7. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Scotland from 1975 until 1996) any of the nine territorial divisions into which the mainland of Scotland was divided for purposes of local government; replaced in 1996 by council areas. See also islands council
[C14: from Latin regiō, from regere to govern]
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re•gion
(ˈri dʒən)n.
1. an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth.
2. Usu., regions. the vast or indefinite entirety of a space or area, or something compared to one: the regions of the mind.
3. a part of the earth's surface of considerable and usu. indefinite extent: a tropical region.
4. a district without respect to boundaries or extent: an industrial region.
5. a large, indefinite area or range of something specified: a region of authority.
6. an area of interest, activity, pursuit, etc.; field.
7. an administrative division of a country, territory, or city.
8. a major faunal area of the earth's surface, sometimes one regarded as a division of a larger area.
9. a division or part of the body: the abdominal region.
[1300–50; < Anglo-French regiun < Latin regiō direction, line, boundary <regere to rule]
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| Noun | 1. |  region - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"location - a point or extent in space atmosphere, air - the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air" biosphere - the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist depth - (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part; "from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space" interplanetary space - the part of outer space within the solar system interstellar space - the space between stars heliosphere - the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system intergalactic space - the space between galaxies; "the Milky Way travels through intergalactic space" deep space - any region in space outside the solar system aerospace - the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole zone - an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic belt - an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found; "a belt of high pressure" bottom - the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill" county - (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people" distance - a distant region; "I could see it in the distance" Eden, heaven, paradise, Shangri-la, promised land, nirvana - any place of complete bliss and delight and peace extremity - the outermost or farthest region or point hell, hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, snake pit, the pits - any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; ionosphere - the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons layer - a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another radius - a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius; "they located it within a radius of 2 miles" side - a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side" air - the region above the ground; "her hand stopped in mid air"; "he threw the ball into the air" top - the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page" zodiac - a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes mansion, planetary house, sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, house - (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided Papua - the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea Sind - a region of southeastern Pakistan black hole - a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, Kuiper belt - a disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptune |
| 2. |  region - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region"body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity erogenous zone - any area of the body especially sensitive to sexual stimulation pressure point - an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure; "you must know the pressure points in order to administer shiatsu" hypochondrium - the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium area of cardiac dullness - a triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion); corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungs epigastrium - the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum) fovea, fovea centralis - area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute parafovea - area of the retina immediately surrounding the fovea macula lutea, macular area, yellow spot, macula - a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision cortical area, cortical region - any of various regions of the cerebral cortex perineum - the general region between the anus and the genital organs side - either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side" cleavage - the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts) ring of color, areola - small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite midriff, midsection, middle - the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" thenar - the fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb sole - the underside of the foot groin, inguen - the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals quick - any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail) | |
| 3. | region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" location - a point or extent in space area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" backwater - a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; "the country is an economic backwater" breadbasket - a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain theater of war, theatre of war - the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations field of operations, theater of operations, theatre of operations, theatre, theater, field - a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years" zone of interior - the part of the theater of war not included in the theater of operations district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes demesne, domain, land - territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" northland - any region lying in or toward the north southland - any region lying in or toward the south field - somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected; "anthropologists do much of their work in the field" geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth biogeographical region - an area of the Earth determined by distribution of flora and fauna heartland - the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture irredenta, irridenta - a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another antipodes - any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth; "the North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes" terra incognita, unknown, unknown region - an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown" testing ground, laboratory - a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation; "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"; "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism" | |
| 4. | region - the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100" indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity | |
| 5. | region - a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult" |
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region
noun
1. area, country, place, part, land, quarter, division, section, sector, district, territory, zone, province, patch, turf (U.S. slang), tract, expanse, locality a remote mountain region
in the region of
2. around, around, almost, nearing, nearly, approaching, close to, roughly, more or less, approximately There are still somewhere in the region of 18 million members.
3. vicinity, in the area of, in the range of, in the scope of, in the neighbourhood of, in the sphere of a series of battles in the region of Matebete
Administrative Regions
French regions Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie, Brittany, Burgundy, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corsica, Franche-Comté, Haute-Normandie, Île-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrénées, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes
French départements Ain, Aisne, Allier, Alpes de Haute Provence, Alpes Maritimes, Ardèche, Ardennes, Ariège, Aube, Aude, Aveyron, Bas Rhin, Bouches du Rhône, Calvados, Cantal, Charente, Charente Maritime, Cher, Corrèze, Corse, Cote d'Or, Côtes du Nord, Creuse, Deux Sèvres, Dordogne, Doubs, Drôme, Essone, Eure, Eure et Loir, Finistère, Gard, Gayane, Gers, Gironde, Guadeloupe, Haut Rhin, Haute Garonne, Haute Loire, Haute Marne, Haute Savoie, Haute Vienne, Hautes Alpes, Hautes Pyrénées, Hauts de Seine, Hérault, Ille et Vilaine, Indre, Indre et Loire, Isère, Jura, Landes, Loir et Cher, Loire, Loire Atlantique, Loiret, Lot, Lot et Garonne, Lozère, Maine et Loire, Manche, Marne, Martinique, Mayenne, Meurthe et Moselle, Meuse, Morbihan, Moselle, Niveres, Nord, Oise, Orne, Paris, Pas de Calais, Puy de Dôme, Pyrénées Atlantiques, Pyrénées Orientales, Réunion, Rhône, Saône, Saône et Loire, Sarthe, Savoie, Seine et Marne, Seine Maritime, Seine Saint Denis, Somme, Tarn, Tarn et Garonne, Territoire de Belfort, Val d'Oise, Val de Marne, Var, Vaucluse, Vendée, Vienne, Vosges, Yonne, Yvelines
German states Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia
Italian regions Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Puglia, Sardinia, Sicily, Trentino-Alto Adige, Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto
Italian provinces Agrigento, Alessandria, Ancona, Aosta, Arezzo, Ascoli Piceno, Asti, Avellino, Bari, Belluno, Benevento, Bergamo, Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, Brindisi, Cagliari, Caltanissetta, Campobasso, Caserta, Catania, Catanzaro, Chieti, Como, Cosenza, Cremona, Crotone, Cuneo, Enna, Ferrara, Firenze, Foggia, Forlì, Frosinone, Genova, Gorizia, Grosseto, Imperia, Isernia, L'Aquila, La Spezia, Latina, Lecce, Lecco, Livorno, Lodi, Lucca, Macerata, Mantova, Massa Carrara, Matera, Messina, Milano, Modena, Napoli, Novara, Nuoro, Oristano, Padova, Palermo, Parma, Pavia, Perugia, Pesaro, Pescara, Piacenza, Pisa, Pistoia, Pordenone, Potenza, Prato, Ragusa, Ravenna, Reggio di Calabria, Reggio Emilia, Rieti, Rimini, Roma, Rovigo, Salerno, Sassari, Savona, Siena, Siracusa, Sondrio, Taranto, Teramo, Terni, Torino, Trapani, Trento, Treviso, Trieste, Udine, Varese, Venezia, Verbania, Vercelli, Verona, Vibo Valentia, Vicenza, Viterbo, Repubblica di San Marino
Spanish regions Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Basque Country, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla-León, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, Valencian Community, Ceuta, Melilla
Spanish provinces Álava, Albacete, Alhucemas, Alicante, Almerìa, Asturias, Ávila, Badajoz, Balearics, Barcelona, Burgos, Cácares, Cádiz, Cantabria, Castellón, Chafarinas, Cordoba, Cuenca, Ceuta, Ciudad Real, Girona, Granada, Gualalajara, Guipúzcoa, Huelva, Huesca, Jaén, La Coruna, La Rioja, Las Palmas, León, Lleida, Lugo, Madrid, Málaga, Melilla, Murcia, Navarra, Orense, Palencia, Pontevedra, Salamanca, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Segovia, Sevilla, Soria, Tarragona, Teruel, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid, Vélez de la Gomera, Vizcaya, Zamora, Zaragoza
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region
noun1. A part of the earth's surface:
Informal: neck of the woods.
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Translations
إقْليمإقْلِيم
krajoblastregion
region
alue
regija
tájék
svæîi, umdæmi, héraî
地域
지역
regionasregioninisregiono mastu
apgabalsapkaime
región
pokrajina
region
เขต
khu vực
region
[ˈriːdʒən] N1. [of country, human body] → región f, zona f
the densely populated coastal region → la región or zona costera densamente poblada
Asia and the Pacific region → Asia y la región del Pacífico
the pelvic region → la región or la zona pélvica
a pain in the region of my kidneys → un dolor a la altura de los riñones
the regions (= provinces) → las provincias
the densely populated coastal region → la región or zona costera densamente poblada
Asia and the Pacific region → Asia y la región del Pacífico
the pelvic region → la región or la zona pélvica
a pain in the region of my kidneys → un dolor a la altura de los riñones
the regions (= provinces) → las provincias
2. (= field, sphere) → campo m
and here we enter a region of moral ambiguity → y aquí entramos en un campo de ambigüedad moral
and here we enter a region of moral ambiguity → y aquí entramos en un campo de ambigüedad moral
3. in the region of (= approximately) → aproximadamente, alrededor de
it will cost in the region of £6 million → costará aproximadamente or alrededor de 6 millones de libras
I would say she's in the region of 40 → yo diría que ronda los 40, yo diría que tiene unos 40 años
it will cost in the region of £6 million → costará aproximadamente or alrededor de 6 millones de libras
I would say she's in the region of 40 → yo diría que ronda los 40, yo diría que tiene unos 40 años
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region
[ˈriːdʒən] n (= part of country) → région f
a remote mountainous region of Afghanistan → une région montagneuse éloignée d'Afghanistan
a remote mountainous region of Afghanistan → une région montagneuse éloignée d'Afghanistan
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region
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region
(ˈriːdʒən) noun a part of a country, the world etc. Do you know this region well?; in tropical regions.
ˈregional adjectiveregional variations in speech.
ˈregionally adverbin the region of
about; around; near. The cost of the new building will be somewhere in the region of $200,000.
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region
→ إقْلِيم region region Region περιοχή región alue région regija regione 地域 지역 regio region region região область region เขต bölge khu vực 地域Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
re·gion
n. región, parte del cuerpo más o menos delimitada.
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region
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