region

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface

   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
2. 2

   An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

3. 3

   The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.

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   1. 4

      A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

      • the abdominal regions
   2. 5

      An approximate range.

      • The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35.
   3. 6

      Place

      Place; rank; station; dignity.

      • he is of too high a region
   4. 7

      The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon

      The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

The neighborhood

• neighborregional
• neighborregionally
• neighborregionarius
• neighborregionary
• neighborregionic
• neighborabdominal region
• neighborairmass source region
• neighborautonomous region
• neighborBluegrass region
• neighborCardamom region
• neighborcomplementary region
• neighborcorrugated filamentary region