Region Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Related terms
    • 1.3.2 Translations
    • 1.3.3 References
  • 1.4 Anagrams
• 2 Serbo-Croatian
  • 2.1 Alternative forms
  • 2.2 Etymology
  • 2.3 Noun
    • 2.3.1 Declension
• 3 Swedish
  • 3.1 Noun
    • 3.1.1 Declension
    • 3.1.2 Related terms

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman regiun < Latin regio, regionem < regere.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹiːʤn̩/

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• Rhymes: -iːdʒən

Noun

Wikipedia region (plural regions)

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.

   the equatorial regions

   the temperate regions

   the polar regions

   the upper regions of the atmosphere

2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
3. (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.
4. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
5. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

   the abdominal regions

6. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
7. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

Related terms

• regional
• regionally
• regionarius
• regionary
• regionic

References

• region in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• ignore

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Croatian): rȇgija

Etymology

From Latin regiō

Noun

regìōn m. (Cyrillic spelling регѝо̄н)

1. (Bosnian, Serbian): region

Declension

Swedish

Noun

region c.

1. a region, an area

Declension

Related terms

• regional
• regionförbund
• stödregion
• Västra Götalandsregionen

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