region
nounUK /ˈɹiːd͡ʒən/ · CA, US /ˈɹi.d͡ʒən/
Etymology From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.
12 senses
- 1Any considerable and connected part of a space or…
- 2Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory…
- 3An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
- 4A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
- 5Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality.
- 6Ellipsis of administrative region.
- 7A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level…
- 8The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- 9A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- 10An approximate range.
- 11Place; rank; station; dignity.
- 12The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of…
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
- the temperate regions
2 more examples
- the polar regions
- the upper regions of the atmosphere
› An administrative subdivision of a city, a…
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.
An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
Ontario, Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality.
Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of administrative region.
› An administrative subdivision of a city, a… › Ellipsis of administrative region.
A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
Figuratively The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- the abdominal regions
An approximate range.
- The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35.
Obsolete Place; rank; station; dignity.
- he is of too high a regionc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
Obsolete The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
- Derived terms
45 terms
attainable region theory, bioregion, crowdion, eigenregion, ergoregion, ethnoregion, Euroregion, georegion, Ilocos Region, interregion, in the region of, macroregion, Mediterranean region, megaregion, mesoregion, meso-region, micro-region, microregion, midregion, multiregion, nanoregion, National Capital Region, netherregion, regiolect, regionalect, region-beta paradox, region code, regioned, region free, region-free, regionful, regioning, regionism, regionist, regionless, regionlet, region-locked, region rat, region-wide, regionwide, subregion, superregion, transregionate, Whitewater Region, zooregion- Related terms
- regional, regionally, regionarius, regionary, regionic
- Hyponyms
- abdominal region, airmass source region, autonomous region, Bluegrass region, Cardamom region, complementary region, corrugated filamentary region, D region, eco-region, E region, flight information region, F region, H II region, intergenic region, nether region, pubic region, rejection region, special administrative region, statistical region, Sylhet region