regions
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regions
- Plural form of region
- (Ireland, UK, definite: the regions) the rest of the country excluding the capital city or metropolitan region
- 2000, Emer Hughes, Fair city losing out to the regions, Sunday Business Post 7 November:
- Tom Clancy of Elan Recruitment thinks that staff shortages in the regions could be as severe as in Dublin.
- 2003, Peter Hetherington, Study points civil servants towards the regions, The Guardian, 10 September:
- Three government departments may be named for a move from London to the regions.
- 2000, Emer Hughes, Fair city losing out to the regions, Sunday Business Post 7 November:
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- (rest of the country): the provinces (British)
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regions
- indefinite genitive singular of region
