region
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English
Etymology
From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.
Pronunciation
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.
- the equatorial regions
- the temperate regions
- the polar regions
- the upper regions of the atmosphere
- 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.
- 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.
- the abdominal regions
- An approximate range.
- The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35.
- (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- he is of too high a region
- (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
Hyponyms
- abdominal region
- airmass source region
- autonomous region
- Bluegrass region
- Cardamom region
- complementary region
- corrugated filamentary region
- D region
- eco-region
- E region
- flight information region
- F region
- H II region
- intergenic region
- nether region
- pubic region
- rejection region
- special administrative region
- statistical region
- Sylhet region
Derived terms
- attainable region theory
- bioregion
- eigenregion
- ergoregion
- ethnoregion
- Euroregion
- georegion
- interregion
- in the region of
- macroregion
- megaregion
- meso-region
- mesoregion
- microregion
- micro-region
- midregion
- multiregion
- nanoregion
- National Capital Region
- netherregion
- regiolect
- regionalect
- region-beta paradox
- region code
- regioned
- region-free
- region free
- regionful
- regioning
- regionism
- regionist
- regionless
- regionlet
- region rat
- region-wide, regionwide
- subregion
- superregion
- transregionate
- zooregion
Related terms
Translations
any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
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an administrative subdivision
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a division of the city of Rome
the inhabitants of a region
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a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “region”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Further reading
- "region" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 264.
Anagrams
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: re‧gi‧on
Noun
region
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | region | regionlar |
genitive | regionnıñ | regionlarnıñ |
dative | regionğa | regionlarğa |
accusative | regionnı | regionlarnı |
locative | regionda | regionlarda |
ablative | regiondan | regionlardan |
Derived terms
References
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
region m inan
Declension
Declension of region (hard masculine inanimate)
See also
Further reading
Danish
Etymology
Noun
region c (singular definite regionen, plural indefinite regioner)
Inflection
common gender |
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | region | regionen | regioner | regionerne |
genitive | regions | regionens | regioners | regionernes |
Derived terms
- regional
- regional-tv
- regionalavis
- regionalbank
- regionalfond
- regionalgeografi
- regionalgeografisk
- regionalisere
- regionalisering
- regionalisme
- regionalplan
- regionalplanlægning
- regionalpolitik
- regionalprogram
- regionalradio
- regionalråd
- regionalsprog
- regionalstation
- regionaltog
- regionalvalg
- regionschef
- regionsdirektør
- regionsformand
- regionshospital
- regionskontor
- regionsplan
- regionsplanlægning
- regionsråd
- regionsrådsformand
- regionsrådsformandspost
- regionsrådsmedlem
- regionsrådsvalg
- regionsudvalg
- regionsvalg
Indonesian
Etymology
From English region, from Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.
Pronunciation
Noun
region (uncountable)
Related terms
Further reading
- “region” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Noun
region (plural regiones)
Ladin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.
Noun
region f (plural regions)
Middle English
Noun
region
- Alternative form of regioun
Middle French
Etymology
Noun
region f (plural regions)
- region (area, district, etc.)
Descendants
References
- region on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regioner, definite plural regionene)
- a region
Derived terms
References
- “region” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regionar, definite plural regionane)
- a region
Derived terms
References
- “region” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
region f (plural regions)
Related terms
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
region m inan
Declension
Declension of region
Derived terms
(adjective):
Related terms
(adjective):
- regionalistyczny
(adverb):
- regionalnie
(nouns):
- regionalista
- regionalistka
- regionalistyka
- regionalizacja
- regionalizm
- regionalność
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
regìōn m (Cyrillic spelling регѝо̄н)
- (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) region
- (by extension, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) former Yugoslavia (conceptualized as a cultural region)
- (by extension, Croatia, derogatory) former Yugoslavia (usually in a derisive context)
Declension
Declension of region
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
region c
- region, area
- county, a political subdivision of the Swedish state roughly corresponding to a British county
- Synonym: (dated) län
- (synecdochically) county council, the administration and local authority of a region
- 2024 November 5, Anna-Cajsa Torkelsson, “Nytt avtal i Örebro gör att gravida slipper gå jour: »En självklarhet« [New agreement in Örebro means pregnant workers can avoid being on call: "A given"]”, in Läkartidningen:
- Det har inte setts som en prioriterad fråga, och från regionens sida har det funnits farhågor om att alla gravida kommer tacka nej till jour.
- It hasn’t been considered a priority issue, and from the regional administration's perspective, there have been concerns that all pregnant workers will decline on-call duty.
- Synonym: (dated) landsting
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | region | regions |
definite | regionen | regionens | |
plural | indefinite | regioner | regioners |
definite | regionerna | regionernas |
Derived terms
- fjällregion
- huvudstadsregion
- högskoleregion
- köksregion
- postregion
- regionbank
- regionchef
- regiondirektör
- regionfullmäktig
- regionförbund
- regionindelning
- regionkansli
- regionkontor
- regionledning
- regionmusik
- regionplan
- regionplanering
- regionpolitik
- regionpolitiker
- regionpolitisk
- regionråd
- regionsjukhus
- regionsjukvård
- regionskatt
- regionstyrelse
- regionstöd
- regionteater
- regiontrafik
- regionval
- regionvis
- sjukvårdsregion
- storregion
- storstadsregion
- stödregion
- tillväxtregion
- tullregion
- tätortsregion
- utbrytarregion
- vegetationsregion
- ökenregion
Related terms
- regional
- regionär
- Västra Götalandsregionen
Further reading
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