superregion

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ region

Noun[edit]

superregion (plural superregions)

  1. A region that comprises several other regions.
    • 2007 December 16, Alissa J. Rubin, “Iraqi City Poised to Become Hub of Shiite Power”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The council has been the most vigorous proponent of creating a semiautonomous southern superregion similar to the Iraqi region of Kurdistan, even though its political ally, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, has been trying to head off the diffusion of Baghdad's power.
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