Region Definition
Contents
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman regiun < Latin regio, regionem < regere.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːdʒən
Noun
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- 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
- An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
- (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.
- (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.
- the abdominal regions
- (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.
Related terms
- regional
- regionally
- regionarius
- regionary
- regionic
References
- region in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Croatian): rȇgija
Etymology
From Latin regiō
Noun
regìōn m. (Cyrillic spelling регѝо̄н)
- (Bosnian, Serbian): region
Declension
declension of region| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | regìōn | regioni |
| genitive | regióna | regiona |
| dative | regionu | regionima |
| accusative | region | regione |
| vocative | regione | regioni |
| locative | regionu | regionima |
| instrumental | regionom | regionima |
Swedish
Noun
region c.
Declension
Declension of region| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | region | regionen | regioner | regionerna |
| genitive | regions | regionens | regioners | regionernas |
Related terms
- regional
- regionförbund
- stödregion
- Västra Götalandsregionen
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