area, region
(noun) a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; âin the abdominal regionâ
region, realm
(noun) a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; âit was a limited realm of discourseâ; âhere we enter the region of opinionâ; âthe realm of the occultâ
region, part
(noun) the extended spatial location of something; âthe farming regions of Franceâ; âreligions in all parts of the worldâ; âregions of outer spaceâ
region
(noun) a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; âpenguins inhabit the polar regionsâ
region, neighborhood
(noun) the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in âin the region ofâ); âit was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the jobâ; âthe price is in the neighborhood of $100â
Source: WordNet® 3.1
region (plural regions)
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.
An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
(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.
An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
(Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality, a county administered as a municipality.
Ellipsis of administrative region.
A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
(figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
(anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
(obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
(obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
• Regino, eringo, ignore, ingoer
Source: Wiktionary
Re"gion (r"jn), n. Etym: [F. région, from L. regio a direction, a boundary line, region, fr. regere to guide, direct. See Regimen.]
1. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract. If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world, Or unknown region. Milton.
2. Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. "Though the fork invade the region of my heart." Shak. Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis. Luke iii. 1.
3. The upper air; the sky; the heavens. [Obs.] Anon the dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. Shak.
4. The inhabitants of a district. Matt. iii. 5.
5. Place; rank; station. [Obs. or R.] He is of too high a region. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The word âcoffeeâ entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch âkoffie,â borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish âkahve,â borrowed in turn from the Arabic âqahwah.â The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
