region
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
region (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 equatorial regions
- the temperate regions
- the polar regions
- the upper regions of the atmosphere
- An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
- (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.
- An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
- A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
- (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality; a county-level municipality.
- Ellipsis of administrative region.
- A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
- (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- the abdominal regions
- (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
- (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
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TranslationsEdit
any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
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an administrative subdivision
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a division of the city of Rome
the inhabitants of a region
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a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
ReferencesEdit
- region in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Further readingEdit
- "region" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 264.
AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
region m inan
DeclensionEdit
Declension of region
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
region c (singular definite regionen, plural indefinite regioner)
InflectionEdit
Declension of region
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | region | regionen | regioner | regionerne |
| genitive | regions | regionens | regioners | regionernes |
Derived termsEdit
- 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
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English region, from Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
region (first-person possessive regionku, second-person possessive regionmu, third-person possessive regionnya)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “region” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
InterlinguaEdit
NounEdit
region (plural regiones)
LadinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.
NounEdit
region f (plural regions)
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
region
- Alternative form of regioun
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
region f (plural regions)
- region (area, district, etc.)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- region on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regioner, definite plural regionene)
- a region
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from region
ReferencesEdit
- “region” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regionar, definite plural regionane)
- a region
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from region
ReferencesEdit
- “region” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
region f (plural regions)
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PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from German Region, from Latin regiō.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
region m inan
DeclensionEdit
Declension of region
Derived termsEdit
adjective
Related termsEdit
adjective
adverb
nouns
Further readingEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- rȇgija (Croatia)
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
regìōn m (Cyrillic spelling регѝо̄н)
- (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) region
- (by extension, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) former Yugoslavia (conceptualized as a cultural region)
- (by extension, Croatia, derogatory) former Yugoslavia (usually in a derisive context)
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SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
region c
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of region | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | region | regionen | regioner | regionerna |
| Genitive | regions | regionens | regioners | regionernas |