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
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.
• (linguistics): provincialism
• (linguistics; English regionalism): Americanism, Australianism, Briticism, Britishism, Canadianism
Source: Wiktionary
30 June 2025
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
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.
