Region

['riːdʒ(ə)n] or ['ridʒən]

Definition

(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'.

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

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

(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'.

Editor: Nita--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere.

(n.) The upper air; the sky; the heavens.

(n.) The inhabitants of a district.

(n.) Place; rank; station.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Country, clime, territory, district, tract of land.[2]. Portion, part.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Country, clime, territory, district, tract_of_land, portion, part

Checker: Lucille

Definition

n. a portion of land: country: any area or district with respect to fauna flora &c.: (Shak.) rank dignity: (Shak.) the elemental space between the earth and the moon's orbit.—adj. Rē′gional topical: local: topographical.—n. Rē′gionalism sectionalism.—adv. Rē′gionally.—n. Regionā′rius a title given to R.C. ecclesiastics who have jurisdiction over certain districts of Rome.—adjs. Rē′gionary; Rēgion′ic.

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