region

IPA: rˈidʒʌn

noun

  • 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.
  • An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
  • (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.
  • A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
  • (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
  • (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
  • An approximate range.
  • (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
  • (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
  • (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality; a county-level municipality.
  • Ellipsis of administrative region. [A type of region in some countries.]
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