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region

/ˈɹi.d͡ʒən/

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What does region mean?

noun

  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 the European Union.
  3. A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
More meanings (9)

noun

  1. Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality.
  2. Ellipsis of administrative region.
  3. A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
  4. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
  5. A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
  6. An approximate range.
  7. (historical) 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.
  8. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
  9. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
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Continued political turmoil, both internally and in the region as a whole, prevents any swift readjustments of trade patterns and economic programs.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1993 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #87
The Shasta region may be reserved as a national park, with special reference to the preservation of its fine forests and game.
John MuirSteep TrailsProject Gutenberg ebook #326
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The twin towers of the old cathedral of Munich have seemed to throw a killing shadow over intellectual development in that region.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
The gramma grass of the and region grows quickly and turns gray instead of brown, as grasses usually do when they mature.
J. A. (Joseph Amasa) MunkArizona SketchesProject Gutenberg ebook #756
The right temporal region of the child adhered to the internal surface of the neck of the uterus, being connected by membranes.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747