region

See also Region, región, and région

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹiːdʒn̩/

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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

• Afrikaans: gebied (af)
• Amharic: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: منطقة (ar) (minʈáqa) f
• Armenian: շրջան (hy) (šërǰan), տարածաշրջան (hy) (taracašrǰan)
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Bashkir: төбәк (töbäk)
• Bengali: অঞ্চল (bn) (ôncôl)
• Catalan: regió (ca) f
• Chinese: 地區, 地区, dìqū
• Czech: kraj (cs) m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: regio (nl) m, gebied (nl) n, streek (nl) f
• Esperanto: regiono (eo)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Ewe: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: alue (fi)
• French: région (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Gegend (de) f, Region (de) f, Raum (de) m
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: אזור (eizor) m
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: táj (hu), vidék (hu)
• Ido: please add this translation if you can
• Igbo: please add this translation if you can
• Interlingua: region (ia)
• Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: regione (it) f

• Japanese: 地方 (ちほう, chihō)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 지역 (ko) (jiyeok)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ناوچه‌

• Malay: rantau (ms)
• Marathi: please add this translation if you can
• Mirandese: region f
• Norwegian: region (no)
• Novial: please add this translation if you can
• Oriya: please add this translation if you can
• Pashto: سيمه (ps) (sima) f
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: região (pt) f
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: regiune (ro)
• Russian: район (ru) (rajón) m
• Serbo-Croatian: oblast (sh), predeo (sh)
• Somali: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: región (es) f
• Swedish: trakt (sv), region (sv)
• Telugu: ప్రాంతము (te) (prāṃtamu)
• Volapük: topäd (vo)
• Walloon: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: ardal (cy) f
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

an administrative subdivision

• Arabic: إقْليم (ar) ('iqliim) m
• Armenian: մարզ (hy) (marz)
• Bashkir: төбәк (töbäk)
• Bulgarian: област (bg) (oblast)
• Danish: region (da)
• Dutch: regio (nl) m, gewest (nl) n
• Finnish: alue (fi)
• French: région (fr) f
• Icelandic: hérað  (is) n
• Indonesian: daerah (id)
• Interlingua: region (ia)

• Khmer: តំបន់ (km) (tɑmbɑn)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ناوچه‌

• Norwegian: region (no)
• Pashto: سيمه (ps) (sima) f
• Russian: область (óblast’) f
• Serbo-Croatian: oblast (sh)
• Spanish: región (es)
• Swedish: region (sv)

a division of the city of Rome

the inhabitants of a region

• Serbo-Croatian: 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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Interlingua

Noun

region (plural regiones)

1. region

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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. region, 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