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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REGION, n. re'jun. [L. regio, rego.]
1. A tract of land or space of indefinite extent, usually a tract of considerable extent. It is sometimes nearly synonymous with country; as all the region of Argob. Deutoronomy 3.
He had dominion over all the region on this side the river. 1 Kings 4.
So we speak of the airy region, the etherial regions, the upper regions, the lower regions.
2. The inhabitants of a region or district of country. Matthew 3.
3. A part of the body; as the region of the heart or liver.
4. Place; rank.
He is of too high a region. [Unusual.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" [syn: region, part]
2: a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" [syn: area, region]
3: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
4: 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" [syn: region, neighborhood]
5: 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" [syn: region, realm]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English regioun, from Anglo-French regiun, from Latin region-, regio line, direction, area, from regere to direct Date: 14th century 1. an administrative area, division, or district; especially the basic administrative unit for local government in Scotland 2. a. an indefinite area of the world or universe <few unknown regions left on earth> b. a broad geographic area distinguished by similar features <the Appalachian region> c. (1) a major world area that supports a characteristic fauna (2) an area characterized by the prevalence of one or more vegetational climax types 3. a. any of the major subdivisions into which the body or one of its parts is divisible b. an indefinite area surrounding a specified body part <a pain in the region of the heart> 4. a sphere of activity or interest ; field 5. any of the zones into which the atmosphere is divided according to height or the sea according to depth 6. an open connected set together with none, some, or all of the points on its boundary <a simple closed curve divides a plane into two regions>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 an area of land, or division of the earth's surface, having definable boundaries or characteristics (a mountainous region; the region between London and the coast). 2 an administrative district esp. in Scotland. 3 a part of the body round or near some organ etc. (the lumbar region). 4 a sphere or realm (the region of metaphysics). 5 a a separate part of the world or universe. b a layer of the atmosphere or the sea according to its height or depth. Phrases and idioms: in the region of approximately. Derivatives: regional adj. regionalism n. regionalist n. & adj. regionalize v.tr. (also -ise). regionally adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L regio -onis direction, district f. regere direct

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Region Re"gion (r?"j?n), n. [F. r['e]gion, from L. regio a direction, a boundary line, region, fr. regere to guide, direct. See Regimen.] 1. 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. If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world, Or unknown region. --Milton. 2. Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. ``Though the fork invade the region of my heart.'' --Shak. Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis. --Luke iii. 1. 3. The upper air; the sky; the heavens. [Obs.] Anon the dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. --Shak. 4. The inhabitants of a district. --Matt. iii. 5. 5. Place; rank; station. [Obs. or R.] He is of too high a region. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(regions) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A region is a large area of land that is different from other areas of land, for example because it is one of the different parts of a country with its own customs and characteristics, or because it has a particular geographical feature. ...Barcelona, capital of the autonomous region of Catalonia. N-COUNT 2. The regions are the parts of a country that are not the capital city and its surrounding area. (BRIT) ...London and the regions... N-PLURAL: the N 3. You can refer to a part of your body as a region. ...the pelvic region. = area N-COUNT: with supp 4. You say in the region of to indicate that an amount that you are stating is approximate. The scheme will cost in the region of six million pounds. = around PHRASE [vagueness]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Country, clime, territory, division, district, tract, province, quarter, tract, locality. 2. Portion, part, space, neighborhood, vicinity, sphere.

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