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re·gion

[ree-juh

n] Pronunciation Key

–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) Pronunciation Key
n.

A large, usually continuous segment of a surface or space; area.
A large, indefinite portion of the earth's surface.
A specified district or territory.
An area of interest or activity; a sphere.
Ecology A part of the earth characterized by distinctive animal or plant life.
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

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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region
noun
1.	the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
2.	a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" [syn: area]
3.	a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
4.	the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in 'in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100"
5.	a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

region

see in the neighborhood (region) of.

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

region re·gion (rē'jən)
n.

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

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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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