superregion

English

Etymology

super- +‎ region

Noun

superregion (plural superregions)

1. A region that comprises several other regions.
   • 2007 December 16, Alissa J. Rubin, “Iraqi City Poised to Become Hub of Shiite Power”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The council has been the most vigorous proponent of creating a semiautonomous southern superregion similar to the Iraqi region of Kurdistan, even though its political ally, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, has been trying to head off the diffusion of Baghdad's power.