regione

Corsican

Alternative forms

• reghjone

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio. Cognates include Italian regione and French région.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈd͡ʒone/
• Hyphenation: re‧gio‧ne

Noun

regione f (plural regioni)

1. region

   A Corsica hè una regione francese. ― Corsica is a French region.

   • 2019, Zosimov Premudroslovsky StaVl, Mutanti Sovetti: Fantasia divertente, →ISBN:

     Luntanu, luntanu à a fruntiera di l'antica URSS (avà Kazakistan) è a Cina, in u sudeste di a regione Semipalatinsk, vicinu à a cità de Ayaguz, traduttu cum'è "Oh toro", ci era un terrenu di teste nucleare cù una atmosfera radioattiva infettata ottenuta da a negligenza di i schientifichi in opera.

     Far, far away on the border of the former USSR (now Kazakhstan) and China, in the southeast of the region Semipalatinsk, next to the city of Ayaguz, translated as "Oh toro", there was a terrain of nuclear testing with an infected radioactive atmosphere obtained due to the negligence of the scientists in operation.

References

• “regione, reghjone” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiōnem, case form of regiō (literally “direction, line”), derived from regō (“to rule, govern”). Compare rione, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈd͡ʒo.ne/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: re‧gió‧ne

Noun

regione f (plural regioni)

1. (geography) region, area, zone, district
2. region (Italian administrative unit and local government)
3. (anatomy) region

Related terms

• regionale

See also

• comune

Further reading

• regione in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• regione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Gerione, Gerïone, Origene, erogeni

Latin

Noun

regiōne

1. ablative singular of regiō

   e regione (+ dative or genitive) ― on the other side, on the opposite side