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region

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See also: Region, región, and région

English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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

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  • → Indonesian: region

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Crimean Tatar

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Other scripts
Cyrillic регион (region)
Roman

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian регион (region).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: re‧gi‧on

Noun

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region

  1. region

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Declension of region
singular plural
nominative region regionlar
genitive regionnıñ regionlarnıñ
dative regionğa regionlarğa
accusative regionnı regionlarnı
locative regionda regionlarda
ablative regiondan regionlardan

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Region.

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    Noun

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    region m inan

    1. region

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    Danish

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    Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia da

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin regiō.

    Noun

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    region c (singular definite regionen, plural indefinite regioner)

    1. region

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    Declension of region
    common
    gender
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative region regionen regioner regionerne
    genitive regions regionens regioners regionernes

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    Indonesian

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    Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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

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    region (plural region-region)

    1. region: an administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country
      Synonyms: daerah, kawasan
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    Interlingua

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    Noun

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    region (plural regiones)

    1. region

    Ladin

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.

    Noun

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    region f (plural regions)

    1. region

    Middle English

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    Noun

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    region

    1. alternative form of regioun

    Middle French

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    Etymology

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    Latin regiō.

    Noun

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    region f (plural regions)

    1. region (area, district, etc.)

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

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin regiō.

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

    1. a region

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin regiō.

    Noun

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

    1. a region

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    Occitan

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    Etymology

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    From Latin regiō.

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    region f (plural regions)

    1. region
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    Polish

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    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from German Region, a learned borrowing from Latin regiō.

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      region m inan

      1. area, district, region
        Synonyms: dzielnica, kraina, obszar, obwód, rejon

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      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

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      adjective
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      Further reading

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      • “region”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • “region”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)

      Serbo-Croatian

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin regiō.

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      regìōn m inan (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)

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      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

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin regio.

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      • IPA(key): /rɛɡɪˈuːn/
      • Rhymes: -uːn
      • Hyphenation: re‧gi‧on

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      region c

      1. region, area
      2. county, a political subdivision of the Swedish state roughly corresponding to a British county
        Synonym: (dated) län
        1. (synecdochic) county council, the administration and local authority of a region
          • 2024 November 5, Anna-Cajsa Torkelsson, “Nytt avtal i Örebro gör att gravida slipper gå jour: »En självklarhet« [New agreement in Örebro means pregnant workers can avoid being on call: "A given"]”, in Läkartidningen‎[3], archived from the original on 8 August 2025:
            Det har inte setts som en prioriterad fråga, och från regionens sida har det funnits farhågor om att alla gravida kommer tacka nej till jour.
            It hasn’t been considered a priority issue, and from the regional administration's perspective, there have been concerns that all pregnant workers will decline on-call duty.
          Synonym: (dated) landsting

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      Further reading

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      • “region”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)