region

See also Region, región, and région

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regio, regionem, from 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
• radiate
• radiation

Translations

any considerable and connected part of a space or surface

Arabic: منطقة (minʈáqa) f. Armenian: շրջան (šërǰan), տարածաշրջան (hy) (taracašrǰan) Bengali: অঞ্চল  (bn) Chinese: 地區, 地区, dìqū Czech: kraj (cs) m. Dutch: regio (nl) m., gebied (nl) n., streek (nl) f. Esperanto: regiono (eo) Finnish: alue (fi) French: région (fr) f. German: Gegend (de) f., Region (de) f., Raum (de) m. Hebrew: אזור (eizor) m. Hungarian: táj (hu), vidék (hu) Interlingua: region Italian: regione (it) f.

Japanese: 地方 (ちほう, chihō) Korean: 지역 (jiyeok) Kurdish: ناوچه‌ Norwegian: region (no) Pashto: سيمه (ps) (sima) f. Portuguese: região (pt) f. Romanian: regiune (ro) Russian: район (ru) (rajón) m. Serbian: oblast (sr), predeo (sr) Spanish: región (es) f. Swedish: trakt (sv), region (sv) Telugu: ప్రాంతము (praaMtamu) Volapük: topäd (vo) Welsh: ardal (cy) f.

an administrative subdivision

Arabic: إقْليم (ar) ('iqliim) m. Armenian: մարզ (hy) (marz) Bulgarian: област (bg) (oblast) Dutch: regio (nl) m., gewest (nl) n. Finnish: alue (fi) French: région (fr) f. Interlingua: region Khmer: តំបន់ (km) (tɑmbɑn)

Kurdish: ناوچه‌ Norwegian: region (no) Pashto: سيمه (ps) (sima) f. Russian: область (óblast’) f. Serbian: oblast (sr) Spanish: región (es) Swedish: region (sv)

a division of the city of Rome

the inhabitants of a region

Serbian: krajišnik

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

Dutch: streek (nl) f.

References

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

Anagrams

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Croatian): rȇgija

Etymology

From Latin regiō

Noun

regìōn m. (Cyrillic spelling регѝо̄н)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) 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

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Swedish

Noun

region c.

1. a region, an area

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