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region

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See also: Region, región, and région

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: rē′jən, IPA(key): /ˈɹiːd͡ʒən/, [ˈɹiːd͡ʒn̩]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːdʒən

Noun

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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.
    1. (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.
    2. An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
    3. A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
    4. (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality; a county-level municipality.
    5. Ellipsis of administrative region.
      1. A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
  3. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
  4. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
    the abdominal regions
  5. An approximate range.
    The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35.
  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.

Derived terms

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Translations

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References

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Further reading

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  • "region" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 264.

Anagrams

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Crimean Tatar

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Other scripts
Cyrillic регион
Roman

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian регион (region).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: re‧gi‧on

Noun

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region

  1. region

Declension

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Declension of region
singular plural
nominative region regionlar
genitive regionnıñ regionlarnıñ
dative regionğa regionlarğa
accusative regionnı regionlarnı
locative regionda regionlarda
ablative regiondan regionlardan

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Region.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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region m inan

  1. region

Declension

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See also

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Further reading

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  • region”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • region”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • region”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin regiō.

Noun

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region c (singular definite regionen, plural indefinite regioner)

  1. region

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From English region, from Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [reˈɡiɔn]
  • Hyphenation: ré‧gi‧on

Noun

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region (first-person possessive regionku, second-person possessive regionmu, third-person possessive regionnya)

  1. region: an administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
    Synonyms: daerah, kawasan
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Further reading

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Interlingua

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Noun

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region (plural regiones)

  1. region

Ladin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.

Noun

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region f (plural regions)

  1. region

Middle English

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Noun

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region

  1. Alternative form of regioun

Middle French

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Etymology

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Latin regiō.

Noun

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region f (plural regions)

  1. region (area, district, etc.)

Descendants

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  • French: région
    • Romanian: regiune

References

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  • region on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin regiō.

Noun

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region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regioner, definite plural regionene)

  1. a region

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin regiō.

Noun

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region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regionar, definite plural regionane)

  1. a region

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin regiō.

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Noun

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region f (plural regions)

  1. region
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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Region, from Latin regiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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region m inan

  1. area, district, region
    Synonyms: dzielnica, kraina, obszar, obwód, rejon

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective
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adjective
adverb
nouns

Further reading

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  • region in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • region in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin regiō.

Noun

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regìōn m (Cyrillic spelling регѝо̄н)

  1. (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) region
  2. (by extension, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) former Yugoslavia (conceptualized as a cultural region)
  3. (by extension, Croatia, derogatory) former Yugoslavia (usually in a derisive context)

Declension

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin regio.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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region c

  1. region, area

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