# region

Pronunciation: say "REE-juhn" /ˈɹiːd͡ʒn̩/

## Noun

1. A large, connected area of land or sea of indefinite extent, often viewed as a single place for geographic, social, or cultural reasons.
   - Simple: A large area of land or sea, like a country or part of one.
   - _The coastal region attracts thousands of tourists each summer._
   - _Vineyards thrive in regions with warm days and cool nights._
2. An official division of a country, territory or city that forms a unit for government and administration.
   - Simple: An official part of a country or city that has its own local government or is run as one area.
   - _Residents must apply for building permits through the planning office of the region where they live._
   - _Under the reform, the country was redrawn into twelve regions, each with an elected assembly and its own budget._
3. A separate zone of anything that is not land or sea, for example of space, a surface, a molecule or a scale of values.
   - Simple: A separate part of something other than land or sea, such as space, a surface or a scale.
   - _The drug binds to a short region of the protein molecule and blocks its action._
   - _Infrared radiation occupies the region of the spectrum just beyond visible red light._
4. A particular part or area of the body, identified for medical or anatomical purposes.
   - Simple: A particular part or area of the body, such as the chest or back.
   - _The surgeon made a small incision in the abdominal region._
   - _Swelling appeared in the regions surrounding the injury._
5. An approximate amount or extent, used when giving a rough figure rather than an exact one.
   - Simple: An amount that is close to a number, but not exact.
   - _The company's losses were in the region of ten million dollars last year._
   - _Repairs to the bridge are expected to cost in the region of two million dollars._
6. The parts of a country lying outside its capital city, taken together as a whole; used in the plural with the. *(UK)*
   - Simple: All the parts of a country away from its capital city, thought of together.
   - _Arts funding has long favored the capital over the regions._
   - _The minister promised that the regions would get a fairer share of transport spending._
7. The people living in a particular area or district of a country, considered together.
   - Simple: The people who live in a particular area.
   - _The whole region turned out to vote in record numbers._
   - _When the factory closed, the region felt betrayed._

## Noun

8. Someone's place, rank, or station; high standing or dignity. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A person's rank, position, or place of high standing.
9. In old cosmology, the space extending from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon, called the elemental region. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The space between the earth and the moon, as old science imagined it.

## Origin

Latin regiō, itself based on regō, passed through Anglo-Norman regiun into Middle English as regioun. Regio is a doublet of it.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/region (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).