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re⋅gion

  [ree-juhn]
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–noun
1. an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth.
2. Usually, regions. the vast or indefinite entirety of a space or area, or something compared to one: the regions of the firmament; the regions of the mind.
3. a part of the earth's surface (land or sea) of considerable and usually indefinite extent: a tropical region.
4. a district without respect to boundaries or extent: a charming region in Connecticut.
5. a part or division of the universe, as the heavens: a galactic region.
6. a large indefinite area or range of something specified; sphere: a region of authority.
7. an area of interest, activity, pursuit, etc.; field: studies in the region of logic.
8. an administrative division of a city or territory.
9. Zoogeography. a major faunal area of the earth's surface, sometimes one regarded as a division of a larger area.
10. Anatomy. a place in or a division of the body or a part of the body: the abdominal region.
11. Mathematics.
a. Also called domain. an open connected set.
b. the union of such a set and some or all of its boundary points.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < AF regiun < L regiōn- (s. of regiō) direction, line, boundary, equiv. to reg(ere) to rule + -iōn- -ion

Synonyms:
1. area, section, portion. 4. locale, site, tract, quarter.
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re·gion   (rē'jən)   
n.  
  1. A large, usually continuous segment of a surface or space; area.
  2. A large, indefinite portion of the earth's surface.
  3. A specified district or territory.
  4. An area of interest or activity; a sphere.
  5. Ecology A part of the earth characterized by distinctive animal or plant life.
  6. An area of the body having natural or arbitrarily assigned boundaries: the abdominal region.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin regiō, regiōn-, from regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
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Region

Re"gion\ (r?"j?n), n. [F. r['e]gion, from L. regio a direction, a boundary line, region, fr. regere to guide, direct. See Regimen.]

1. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.

If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world, Or unknown region. --Milton.

2. Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. "Though the fork invade the region of my heart." --Shak.

Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis. --Luke iii. 1.

3. The upper air; the sky; the heavens. [Obs.]

Anon the dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. --Shak.

4. The inhabitants of a district. --Matt. iii. 5.

5. Place; rank; station. [Obs. or R.]

He is of too high a region. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : region
Spanish: región,
German: die Region,
Japanese: 地方
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region 
c.1330, from Anglo-Fr. regioun, O.Fr. region, from L. regionem (nom. regio) "direction, boundary, district, country," from regere "to direct, rule" (see regal).
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Main Entry: re·gion
Pronunciation: 'rE-j&n
Function: noun
1 : any of the major subdivisions into which the body or one of its parts isdivisible regions of the abdomen>
2 : an indefinite area surrounding a specified body part region of the heart>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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region re·gion (rē'jən)
n.

  1. An area of the body having natural or arbitrary boundaries.
  2. A portion of the body having a special nervous or vascular supply.
  3. A part of an organ with a special function.

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region

see in the neighborhood (region) of.

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region

in the social sciences, a cohesive area that is homogeneous in selected defining criteria and is distinguished from neighbouring areas or regions by those criteria. It is an intellectual construct created by the selection of features relevant to a particular problem and the disregard of other features considered to be irrelevant. A region is distinguished from an area, which is usually a broader concept designating a portion of the surface of the Earth. Area boundaries are arbitrary, established for convenience. Regional boundaries are determined by the homogeneity and cohesiveness of the section

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