Meanings
nounregion (plural regions)
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 polar regions
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the equatorial regions
the temperate regions
the upper regions of the atmosphere
- An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
- An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
- OntarioabbreviationellipsisEllipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality.
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of administrative region.
- A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
- figurativelyThe inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- An approximate range.
The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35.
- obsoletePlace; rank; station; dignity.
he is of too high a region
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] - obsoleteThe space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
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abdominal regionairmass source regionautonomous regionBluegrass regionBroca's regionCardamom regioncomplementary regioncorrugated filamentary regionD regioneco-regionE regionflight information regionF regionH II regionintergenic regionnether regionpubic regionrejection regionspecial administrative regionstatistical regionSylhet region
nouna part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
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nounthe approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
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indefinite quantity
nouna knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinregiō
- Anglo-Normanregiun
- Middle Englishregioun
- Englishregion
From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans gebied
- gebiedany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Ancient Greek χώρα
- χώρα (khṓra)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Arabic مِنْطَقَة, مَنْطِقَة
- مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- مَنْطِقَة (manṭiqa)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- إِقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm)an administrative subdivision
Basque eskualde, eskualde
- eskualdeany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- eskualdean administrative subdivision
Bengali অঞ্চল, ক্ষেত্র
- অঞ্চল (oncol)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- ক্ষেত্র (khetro)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Bulgarian райо́н, о́бласт
- райо́н (rajón)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- о́бласт (óblast)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- край (kraj)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- регио́н (región)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- зона (zona)a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
- о́бласт (óblast)an administrative subdivision
Catalan regió, regió
- regióany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regióan administrative subdivision
Chinese Mandarin 地區 /地区, 區域 /区域
- 地區 /地区 (dìqū)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- 區域 /区域 (qūyù)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- 大區 /大区 (dàqū)an administrative subdivision
- 區 /区 (qū)an administrative subdivision
- 州 (zhōu)an administrative subdivision
Czech kraj, oblast
- krajany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- oblastany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- rajónany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- okresany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Danish region, region
- regionany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regionan administrative subdivision
Dutch regio, gebied
- regioany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- gebiedany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- streekany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- landstreekany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- jegenodeany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- streeka place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
- regioan administrative subdivision
- gewestan administrative subdivision
Esperanto regiono
- regionoany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Estonian piirkond, regioon
- piirkondany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regioonany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Finnish alue, seutu
- alueany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- seutuany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- aluean administrative subdivision
French région, région
- régionany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- régiona place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
- régionan administrative subdivision
German Gegend, Region
- Gegendany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- Regionany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- Raumany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- Gebietany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- Bezirkan administrative subdivision
- Gauan administrative subdivision
- Regionan administrative subdivision
Greek περιοχή
- περιοχή (periochí)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Hebrew אֵזוֹר, חבל ארץ
- אֵזוֹר (ezór)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- חבל ארץany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- מָחוֹז (maẖóz)an administrative subdivision
Hindi क्षेत्र, प्रदेश
- क्षेत्र (kṣetra)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- प्रदेश (pradeś)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- इलाक़ा (ilāqā)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- क्षेत्र (kṣetra)a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
- प्रदेश (pradeś)an administrative subdivision
- क्षेत्र (kṣetra)an administrative subdivision
- मंडल (maṇḍal)an administrative subdivision
- खंड (khaṇḍ)an administrative subdivision
- अंचल (añcal)an administrative subdivision
Hungarian táj, vidék
- tájany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- vidékany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- régióany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Icelandic hérað, hérað
- héraðany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- héraðan administrative subdivision
Indonesian wilayah, kawasan
- wilayahany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- kawasanany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regioa place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
- daerahan administrative subdivision
Irish réigiún, réigiún
- réigiúnany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- réigiúnan administrative subdivision
Italian regione, regione
- regioneany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regionea place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
- regionean administrative subdivision
Japanese 地方, 区域
- 地方 (chihō)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- 区域 (kuiki)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- 地方 (chihō)an administrative subdivision
- 県 (ken)an administrative subdivision
Korean 지역, 지방
- 지역 (jiyeok)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- 지방 (jibang)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- 도 (do)an administrative subdivision
- 지방 (jibang)an administrative subdivision
- 성 (seong)an administrative subdivision
- 주 (ju)an administrative subdivision
Latin plaga, regio
- plagaany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regioan administrative subdivision
Latvian reģions, rajons
- reģionsany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- rajonsany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Lithuanian rajonas, regionas
- rajonasany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regionasany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Malay rantau, kawasan
- rantauany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- kawasanany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Māori whaitua
- whaituaany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Norwegian Bokmål region, region
- regionany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regionan administrative subdivision
Polish okolica, obszar
- okolicaany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- obszarany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regionany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- rejonany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regionan administrative subdivision
- obwódan administrative subdivision
Portuguese região, região
- regiãoany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regiãoa place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
- regiãoan administrative subdivision
Punjabi ਇਲਾਕਾ, علاقہ
- ਇਲਾਕਾ (ilākā)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- علاقہ (ʻlāqh)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Romanian regiune
- regiuneany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Russian райо́н, регио́н
- райо́н (rajón)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- регио́н (región)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- о́бласть (óblastʹ)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- край (kraj)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- о́бласть (óblastʹ)an administrative subdivision
- край (kraj)an administrative subdivision
Scottish Gaelic roinn
- roinnan administrative subdivision
Slovak kraj, oblasť
- krajany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- oblasťany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- rajónany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- okresany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Spanish región, región
- regiónany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regióna place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
- regiónan administrative subdivision
Swedish trakt, region
- traktany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regionany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- bygdany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- nejdany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- regionan administrative subdivision
Tagalog rehiyon, rehiyon
- rehiyonany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- rehiyonan administrative subdivision
Thai ดินแดน, ตำบล
- ดินแดน (din-dɛɛn)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- ตำบล (dtam-bon)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- ถิ่น (tìn)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- บริเวณ (bɔɔ-rí-ween)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- ภูมิภาค (puu-mí-pâak)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- จังหวัด (jang-wàt)an administrative subdivision
Turkish bölge, nahiye
- bölgeany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- nahiyeany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Ukrainian райо́н, регіо́н
- райо́н (rajón)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- регіо́н (rehión)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- о́бласть (óblastʹ)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- край (kraj)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- о́бласть (óblastʹ)an administrative subdivision
Urdu عِلاقَہ, خِطَّہ
- عِلاقَہ ('ilāqa)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- خِطَّہ (xitta)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- اِقْلِیم (iqlīm)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- دِیار (diyār)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- قِطْعَہ (qit'a)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- ناحِیَہ (nāhiya)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- وِلایَت (vilāyat)an administrative subdivision
- رِیاسَت (riyāsat)an administrative subdivision
- صُوبَہ (sūba)an administrative subdivision
- پْرَدیش (pradeś)an administrative subdivision
Vietnamese vùng, miền
- vùngany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- miềnany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
- tỉnhan administrative subdivision
Welsh ardal
- ardalany considerable and connected part of a space or surface
Yiddish געגנט
- געגנט (gegnt)any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
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Cite this entry
APA
region. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/region
MLA
“region.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/region. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “region,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/region.
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