region

See also: Region, región, and région

English

Etymology

From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rē′jən, IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːd͡ʒən/, [ˈɹiːd͡ʒn̩]

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːdʒən

Noun

region (plural regions)

1. 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 equatorial regions

   the temperate regions

   the polar regions

   the upper regions of the atmosphere

2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
   1. (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.
   2. An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
   3. A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
   4. (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality; a county-level municipality.
   5. Ellipsis of administrative region.
      1. A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
3. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
4. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

   the abdominal regions

5. An approximate range.

   The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35.

6. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
   • 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]:

     he is of too high a region

7. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

Derived terms

• abdominal region
• airmass source region
• attainable region theory
• autonomous region
• Bluegrass region
• Cardamom region
• complementary region
• eco-region
• E region
• flight information region
• H II region
• intergenic region
• in the region of
• meso-region
• micro-region
• nether region
• pubic region
• region-beta paradox
• region code
• region free
• region-free
• region rat
• region-wide, regionwide
• rejection region
• special administrative region
• statistical region

 

Related terms

• regional
• regionally
• regionarius
• regionary
• regionic

 

Translations

any considerable and connected part of a space or surface

• Afrikaans: gebied (af)
• Albanian: rajon (sq) m, trevë (sq) f, krahinë (sq) f
• Amharic: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: مِنْطَقَة (ar) f (minṭaqa), مَنْطِقَة (ar) f (manṭiqa)

  Egyptian Arabic: منطقة f (manṭeʔa)

  Hijazi Arabic: منطقة f (manṭiga)

• Aragonese: rechión f
• Armenian: շրջան (hy) (šrǰan), տարածաշրջան (hy) (taracašrǰan)
• Assamese: অঞ্চল (oñsol), ক্ষেত্ৰ (khetro)
• Asturian: rexón (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: rayon (az), bölgə (az), nahiyə (az), region (az)
• Balinese: wawidangan
• Bashkir: төбәк (töbək)
• Belarusian: раён m (rajón), рэгіён m (rehijón), во́бласць f (vóblascʹ), край m (kraj)
• Bengali: অঞ্চল (bn) (oncol), ক্ষেত্র (bn) (khetro)
• Bulgarian: райо́н (bg) m (rajón), о́бласт (bg) f (óblast), край (bg) m (kraj), регио́н m (región)
• Burmese: ဒေသ (my) (desa.)
• Catalan: regió (ca) f
• Chechen: латта (latta), латтдоза (lattdoza)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: дичү (dičü)

  Mandarin: 地區／地区 (zh) (dìqū) (land), 區域／区域 (zh) (qūyù)

• Czech: kraj (cs) m, oblast (cs) f, rajón m, okres (cs) m
• Danish: region (da) c
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: regio (nl) m, gebied (nl) n, streek (nl) f, landstreek (nl) f, jegenode f
• Esperanto: regiono
• Estonian: piirkond, regioon
• Ewe: please add this translation if you can
• Extremaduran: rehión f
• Faroese: øki n
• Finnish: alue (fi), seutu (fi)
• French: région (fr) f
• Friulian: regjon
• Galician: rexión (gl) f
• Georgian: რეგიონი (regioni), არე (are)
• German: Gegend (de) f, Region (de) f, Raum (de) m, Gebiet (de) n
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹 n (gawi)
• Greek: περιοχή (el) f (periochí)

  Ancient: χώρα f (khṓra)

• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: אֵזוֹר (he) m (ezór)
• Hindi: क्षेत्र (hi) m (kṣetra), प्रदेश (hi) m (pradeś), इलाक़ा m (ilāqā)
• Hungarian: táj (hu), vidék (hu), régió (hu)
• Icelandic: hérað n
• Ido: regiono (io)
• Igbo: please add this translation if you can
• Ilocano: deppaar, rehion
• Indonesian: wilayah (id), kawasan (id)
• Ingrian: oblasti, raijona
• Interlingua: region
• Italian: regione (it) f
• Japanese: 地方 (ja) (ちほう, chihō), 区域 (ja) (くいき, kuiki)
• Javanese:

  Carakan: ꦭꦭꦢꦤ꧀ (laladan), ꦠ꧀ꦭꦠꦃ (jv) (tlatah), ꦮꦼꦮꦼꦁꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (jv) (wewengkon)

  Rumi: laladan (jv), tlatah (jv), wewengkon

• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Kapampangan: labuad
• Kazakh: аймақ (kk) (aimaq), аудан (kk) (audan), өңір (öñır), өлке (ölke)
• Khmer: តំបន់ (km) (tɑmbɑn), គ្រាម (km) (kriəm), ក្សេត្រ (km) (kseet), ខេត្ត (km) (khaet)
• Korean: 지역(地域) (ko) (jiyeok), 지방(地方) (ko) (jibang)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ناوچە (ckb) (nawçe)

  Northern Kurdish: herêm (ku), navçe (ku), dever (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: регион (region), район (ky) (rayon), аймак (ky) (aymak)
• Ladin: region, raion
• Lao: ຂົງ (khong), ຂ່ວງ (khūang), ຖິ່ນ (thin)
• Latin: plaga (la) f
• Latvian: reģions m, rajons m
• Lithuanian: rajonas (lt) m, regionas m
• Lutshootseed: swatixʷtəd
• Luxembourgish: Regioun f
• Macedonian: регион m (region), област f (oblast)
• Malagasy: faritra (mg)
• Malay: rantau, kawasan (ms)
• Maltese: reġjun
• Maori: whaitua
• Marathi: प्रदेश (mr) (pradeś)
• Mirandese: region f
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: муж (mn) (muž), хязгаар (mn) (xjazgaar), дүүрэг (mn) (düüreg)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: region (no) m

  Nynorsk: region m

• Occitan: region (oc) f
• Odia: ଅଞ୍ଚଳ (ôñcôḷô), କ୍ଷେତ୍ର (or) (kṣetrô)
• Pali: desa
• Pashto: سيمه (ps) f (sima)
• Persian: منطقه (fa) (mantaqe)
• Plautdietsch: Jäajent f
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: réjhiun f
• Polish: okolica (pl) f, obszar (pl) m, region (pl) m, rejon (pl) m
• Portuguese: região (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਇਲਾਕਾ (pa) (ilākā), علاقہ (ʻlāqh)
• Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: regiune (ro)
• Russian: райо́н (ru) m (rajón), регио́н (ru) m (región), о́бласть (ru) f (óblastʹ), край (ru) m (kraj)
• Sanskrit: देश (sa) m (deśa), क्षेत्र (sa) n (kṣetra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏бла̄ст f, пре́део m, регѝо̄н m, ре̑гија f

  Roman: ȍblāst (sh) f, prédeo (sh) m, regìōn (sh) m, rȇgija (sh) f

• Slovak: kraj m, oblasť f, rajón m, okres m
• Slovene: regija f, območje n, področje n, predel m, pokrajina f
• Somali: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: región (es) f
• Swedish: trakt (sv), region (sv), bygd (sv) c, nejd (sv) c
• Tagalog: rehiyon
• Tajik: минтақа (tg) (mintaqa), ноҳия (nohiya)
• Tatar: төбәк (tt) (töbäk), регион (region)
• Telugu: ప్రాంతము (te) (prāntamu)
• Thai: ดินแดน (th) (din-dɛɛn), ตำบล (th) (dtam-bon), ถิ่น (th) (tìn), บริเวณ (th) (bɔɔ-rí-ween), ภูมิภาค (th) (puu-mí-pâak)
• Turkish: bölge (tr), nahiye (tr)
• Turkmen: raýon, sebit
• Ukrainian: райо́н m (rajón), регіо́н m (rehión), о́бласть (uk) f (óblastʹ), край (uk) m (kraj)
• Urdu: علاقہ m ('ilāqā), خطہ (xitta), اقلیم (iqlīm), دیار (diyār), قطعہ (qitā)
• Uyghur: رايون (rayon), جاي (jay)
• Uzbek: mintaqa (uz), rayon (uz), region (uz)
• Venetian: rejon
• Vietnamese: vùng (vi), miền (vi) (面 (vi))
• Volapük: topäd (vo)
• Walloon: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: ardal (cy) f
• Yiddish: געגנט m or f (gegnt)
• Zhuang: dieg, digih
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

an administrative subdivision

• Arabic: إِقْلِيم (ar) m (ʔiqlīm)
• Aragonese: rechión f
• Armenian: մարզ (hy) (marz)
• Asturian: rexón (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: vilayət (az)
• Bashkir: төбәк (töbək)
• Belarusian: во́бласць f (vóblascʹ)
• Bulgarian: о́бласт (bg) f (óblast)
• Catalan: regió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大區／大区 (zh) (dàqū); 區／区 (zh) (qū); 州 (zh) (zhōu) (of former Soviet states)

• Danish: region (da) c
• Dutch: regio (nl) m, gewest (nl) n
• Finnish: alue (fi)
• French: région (fr) f
• Galician: rexión (gl) f
• Georgian: რეგიონი (regioni), მხარე (mxare) (Georgia specific)
• German: Bezirk (de) m, Gau (de) n
• Hindi: प्रदेश (hi) m (pradeś)
• Icelandic: hérað n
• Ido: regiono (io)
• Igbo: mkpaghara
• Indonesian: daerah (id)
• Ingrian: oblasti
• Interlingua: region
• Japanese: 地方 (ja) (ちほう, chihō)
• Kazakh: аймақ (kk) (aimaq)
• Khmer: តំបន់ (km) (tɑmbɑn)
• Korean: 도(道) (ko) (do)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ناوچە (ckb) (nawçe)

• Kyrgyz: аймак (ky) (aymak)
• Lao: ຈັງຫວັດ (chang wat), ແຂວງ (lo) (khǣung)
• Malayalam: പ്രദേശം (ml) (pradēśaṁ)
• Moore: reezõ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: region (no) m

  Nynorsk: region m

• Occitan: region (oc) f
• Pashto: سيمه (ps) f (sima)
• Persian: ولایت (fa) (velâyat)
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: réjhiun f
• Polish: region (pl) m, obwód (pl) m
• Portuguese: região (pt) f
• Russian: о́бласть (ru) f (óblastʹ), край (ru) m (kraj)
• Sanskrit: देश (sa) m (deśa)
• Scottish Gaelic: roinn f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏бла̄ст f

  Roman: ȍblāst (sh) f

• Slovene: pokrajina f
• Spanish: región (es) f
• Swedish: region (sv) c
• Tagalog: rehiyon
• Tajik: вилоят (tg) (viloyat)
• Thai: จังหวัด (th) (jang-wàt)
• Ukrainian: о́бласть (uk) f (óblastʹ)
• Uzbek: viloyat (uz)
• Vietnamese: tỉnh (vi)

a division of the city of Rome

the inhabitants of a region

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кра̀јишнӣк

  Roman: kràjišnīk (sh) m

a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated

• Bulgarian: зона (bg) f (zona)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 部位 (zh) (bùwèi)

• Dutch: streek (nl) f
• French: région (fr)
• Galician: rexión (gl) f
• Indonesian: regio (id)
• Italian: regione (it)
• Malayalam: ഭാഗം (ml) (bhāgaṁ)
• Portuguese: região (pt) f
• Spanish: región (es)

References

• “region”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Further reading

• "region" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 264.

Anagrams

• Regino, eringo, ignore, ingoer

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Region.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛɡɪjon]
• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛɡɪjoːn]

• Audio

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Noun

region m inan

1. region

Declension

Declension of region (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	region	regiony
genitive	regionu	regionů
dative	regionu	regionům
accusative	region	regiony
vocative	regione	regiony
locative	regioně, regionu	regionech
instrumental	regionem	regiony

See also

• kraj

 

Further reading

• region in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• region in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• region in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

Noun

region c (singular definite regionen, plural indefinite regioner)

1. region

Inflection

Declension of region

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	region	regionen	regioner	regionerne
genitive	regions	regionens	regioners	regionernes

Derived terms

• regional
• regional-tv
• regionalavis
• regionalbank
• regionalfond
• regionalgeografi
• regionalgeografisk
• regionalisere
• regionalisering
• regionalisme
• regionalplan
• regionalplanlægning
• regionalpolitik
• regionalprogram
• regionalradio
• regionalråd
• regionalsprog
• regionalstation
• regionaltog
• regionalvalg
• regionschef
• regionsdirektør
• regionsformand
• regionshospital
• regionskontor
• regionsplan
• regionsplanlægning
• regionsråd
• regionsrådsformand
• regionsrådsformandspost
• regionsrådsmedlem
• regionsrådsvalg
• regionsudvalg
• regionsvalg

 

Indonesian

Etymology

From English region, from Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reˈɡiɔn]
• Hyphenation: ré‧gi‧on

Noun

region (first-person possessive regionku, second-person possessive regionmu, third-person possessive regionnya)

1. region: an administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

   Synonyms: daerah, kawasan

Related terms

• regio
• regional

 

Further reading

• “region” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

region (plural regiones)

1. region

Ladin

Alternative forms

• raion

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.

Noun

region f (plural regions)

1. region

Middle English

Noun

region

1. Alternative form of regioun

Middle French

Etymology

Latin regiō.

Noun

region f (plural regions)

1. region (area, district, etc.)

Descendants

• French: région
  • → Romanian: regiune

References

• region on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

Noun

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regioner, definite plural regionene)

1. a region

Derived terms

• fjellregion
• regionavis
• regionråd
• regiontog
• økoregion

 

References

• “region” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

Noun

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regionar, definite plural regionane)

1. a region

Derived terms

• fjellregion
• regionavis
• regionråd
• regiontog
• økoregion

 

References

• “region” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin regiō.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

region f (plural regions)

1. region

Related terms

• regional

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Region, from Latin regiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.ɡjɔn/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡjɔn
• Syllabification: re‧gion

Noun

region m inan

1. area, district, region

   Synonyms: dzielnica, kraina, obszar, obwód, rejon

Declension

Declension of region

	singular	plural
nominative	region	regiony
genitive	regionu	regionów
dative	regionowi	regionom
accusative	region	regiony
instrumental	regionem	regionami
locative	regionie	regionach
vocative	regionie	regiony

Derived terms

adjective

• regionalny

 

Related terms

adjective

• regionalistyczny

 

adverb

• regionalnie

 

nouns

• regionalista
• regionalistka
• regionalistyka
• regionalizacja
• regionalizm
• regionalność

 

Further reading

• region in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• region in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• rȇgija (Croatia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

Noun

regìōn m (Cyrillic spelling регѝо̄н)

1. (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) region
2. (by extension, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) former Yugoslavia (conceptualized as a cultural region)
3. (by extension, Croatia, derogatory) former Yugoslavia (usually in a derisive context)

Declension

Declension of region

	singular	plural
nominative	regìōn	regioni
genitive	regióna	regiona
dative	regionu	regionima
accusative	region	regione
vocative	regione	regioni
locative	regionu	regionima
instrumental	regionom	regionima

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛɡɪˈuːn/

Noun

region c

1. region, area

Declension

Declension of region
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	region	regionen	regioner	regionerna
Genitive	regions	regionens	regioners	regionernas

Related terms

• regional
• regionförbund
• stödregion
• Västra Götalandsregionen