REGIONALISM

regionalism

(noun) loyalty to the interests of a particular region

regionalism

(noun) a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas

regionalism

(noun) a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

regionalism (countable and uncountable, plural regionalisms)

Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.

Political tendency to concede forms of politico-administrative autonomy to regions.

(countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.

Synonyms

• (linguistics): provincialism

Hyponyms

• (linguistics; English regionalism): Americanism, Australianism, Briticism, Britishism, Canadianism

Source: Wiktionary



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(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”


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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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