REGION

area, region

(noun) a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; “in the abdominal region”

region, realm

(noun) a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; “it was a limited realm of discourse”; “here we enter the region of opinion”; “the realm of the occult”

region, part

(noun) the extended spatial location of something; “the farming regions of France”; “religions in all parts of the world”; “regions of outer space”

region

(noun) a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; “penguins inhabit the polar regions”

region, neighborhood

(noun) the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’); “it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job”; “the price is in the neighborhood of $100”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Regino, eringo, ignore, ingoer

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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