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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Examples of "region" in Sentences
- The region has the warmest climate in the country.
- It is one of the most affluent areas in the region.
- The country is building waterways across the region.
- It is also the only landlocked region in the country.
- It really is the ubiquitous regional food in the area.
- The area of a circle is the area of the enclosed region.
- The integral of their product is the area of the yellow region.
- The local matters are handled by the regional versions of the council.
- The Northeast was one of the earlier regions to industrialize in the country.
- Most of the population of the region in the locality of Dhing are cultivators.
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