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      region
      noun
      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.
      An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
      (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
      A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
      A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
      (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
      An approximate range.
      Ellipsis of administrative region. [A type of region in some countries.]
      (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality. [(Canada) A type of municipal government similar to and at the same municipal government level as a county, although the specific structure and servicing responsibilities may vary depending on the place.]
      (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.
      (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.
      Roots
      regoreg- · Latin · rule, guide straight
      Synonyms for region
      areanterritorynzonenlocalitynneighborhoodnsectornpartnlocalen
      Words related to region
      subregioncartogramsubarearegionaladjsubtemperatevprovincesnsoutheasternadjcountrynregionallyadvrealmnnorthernadjcountiesnsouthernadjnortheasternadjsoutheastadvnortheastneasternadjsubtropicadjdistrictsnlandmassnhinterlandntownsncontinentngeographicaladjmeridionaladjpeninsulanarealadjsouthernmostadjsouthwesternadjeasternmostadj

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