Definitions for REGION
ˈri dʒənre·gion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.1 / 17 votes

1. region, partnoun

   the extended spatial location of something

   "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"

2. area, regionnoun

   a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

   "in the abdominal region"

3. regionnoun

   a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth

   "penguins inhabit the polar regions"

4. region, neighborhoodnoun

   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. region, realmnoun

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.9 / 7 votes

1. regionnoun

   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.

2. regionnoun

   An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.

3. regionnoun

   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.

4. regionnoun

   The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.

5. regionnoun

   A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

   the abdominal regions

6. regionnoun

   Place; rank; station; dignity.

7. regionnoun

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

8. Etymology: From regiun, from regio, regionem, from regere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Regionnoun

   Etymology: region, Fr. regio, Lat.

   1. Tract of land; country; tract of space.

   All the regions
   Do seemingly revolt; and, who resist,
   Are mock’d for valiant ignorance. William Shakespeare.

   Her eyes in heav’n
   Would through the airy region stream so bright,
   That birds would sing, and think it were not night. William Shakespeare.

   The upper regions of the air perceive the collection of the matter of tempests before the air below. Francis Bacon.

   They rag’d the goddess, and with fury fraught,
   The restless regions of the storms she sought. Dryden.

   2. Part of the body.

   The bow is bent and drawn, make from the shaft.
   —— Let it fall rather, though the fork invade
   The region of my heart. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   3. Place; rank.

   The gentleman kept company with the wild prince and Poins: he is of too high a region; he knows too much. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Region

   In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and the environment (environmental geography). Geographic regions and sub-regions are mostly described by their imprecisely defined, and sometimes transitory boundaries, except in human geography, where jurisdiction areas such as national borders are defined in law. Apart from the global continental regions, there are also hydrospheric and atmospheric regions that cover the oceans, and discrete climates above the land and water masses of the planet. The land and water global regions are divided into subregions geographically bounded by large geological features that influence large-scale ecologies, such as plains and features. As a way of describing spatial areas, the concept of regions is important and widely used among the many branches of geography, each of which can describe areas in regional terms. For example, ecoregion is a term used in environmental geography, cultural region in cultural geography, bioregion in biogeography, and so on. The field of geography that studies regions themselves is called regional geography. Regions are an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries. In the fields of physical geography, ecology, biogeography, zoogeography, and environmental geography, regions tend to be based on natural features such as ecosystems or biotopes, biomes, drainage basins, natural regions, mountain ranges, soil types. Where human geography is concerned, the regions and subregions are described by the discipline of ethnography.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. region

   A region is a specific area or section within a larger place, space, body, or surface that is distinguishable from the other areas or sections due to distinctive features, characteristics, or conditions. This term can be applied to various contexts such as geography, politics, science, and more. For example, it may refer to a geographical area within a country or continent, a particular area of the body, or a specified area in a document or image.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. Regionnoun

   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

2. Regionnoun

   tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere

3. Regionnoun

   the upper air; the sky; the heavens

4. Regionnoun

   the inhabitants of a district

5. Regionnoun

   place; rank; station

6. Etymology: [F. rgion, from L. regio a direction, a boundary line, region, fr. regere to guide, direct. See Regimen.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.4 / 5 votes

1. Region

   Region is most commonly a term used in terrestrial sciences and astrophysics. Among the different sub-disciplines of geography it is an area studied by regional geographers. Regions consist of subregions that contain clusters of like areas that are distinctive by their uniformity of description based on a range of statistical data, for example demographic, and locales. In astrophysics some regions have science-specific terms such as galactic clusters. In Geography, regions can be broadly divided by physical characteristics, human impact characteristics, and the interaction of Humanity and the environment. Geographic regions and subregions are mostly described by their imprecisely defined, and sometimes transitory boundaries, except in human geography where jurisdiction areas such as national borders are clearly defined in law. Apart from the global continental regions, there are also hydrospheric and atmospheric regions that cover the oceans, and discrete climates above the land and water masses of the planet. The land and water global regions are divided into subregions geographically bounded by large geological features that influence large-scale ecologies, such as plains and steppes, forested massifs, deserts, or mountainous regions. Subregions describe the areas within regions that are easily distinguished in both the geological and ecological observable features.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Region

   rē′jun, n. a portion of land: country: any area or district, with respect to fauna, flora, &c.: (Shak.) rank, dignity: (Shak.) the elemental space between the earth and the moon's orbit.—adj. Rē′gional, topical: local: topographical.—n. Rē′gionalism, sectionalism.—adv. Rē′gionally.—n. Regionā′rius, a title given to R.C. ecclesiastics who have jurisdiction over certain districts of Rome.—adjs. Rē′gionary; Rēgion′ic. [O. Fr.,—L. regio, regionis—regĕre, to rule.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. region

   A specific, definite space, as distinguished from any other specific, definite space; as, East Aurora, Barren Island, Kalamazoo, Sea Grit, Beverly.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. region

   Any large tract of land or water on the earth's surface, having some feature common to every part of itself, and different from what exists elsewhere; as northern, southern, or intertropical region; mountainous region; region of perpetual congelation, &c.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. region

   A defined area or location for unity governmental purpose.

   The region were creating empowering developmental plans according to the chosen priorities.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 23, 2020  

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Region

   a space or area adjoining a specified point: a part of the body composed of a number of segments, as the head, the thorax, or the abdomen.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. REGION

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Region is ranked #152628 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Region surname appeared 107 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Region.
   
   80.3% or 86 total occurrences were White.
   17.7% or 19 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Body Part
   • Indefinite Quantity
   • Knowledge Domain
   • Location

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'REGION' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1063

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'REGION' in Written Corpus Frequency: #882

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'REGION' in Nouns Frequency: #293

Anagrams for REGION »

1. ignore

How to pronounce REGION?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say REGION in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of REGION in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of REGION in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of REGION in a Sentence

1. Chief Financial Officer Tim Weller:

   Given our strength in the middle eastern region, it will be a natural extension of our core onshore EPC( engineering, procurement and commissioning) business to start work in that particular country.

2. Yoav Rossano:

   It is awaking the history, part of the family line died in Auschwitz so to see here in my region, you feel a big responsibility.

3. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani:

   My region provides ample evidence of this: the grievances of the Palestinians since the Nakba, seventy years ago, remain stubbornly in place; conflict without resolution in Syria, Libya, and now Yemen. The suffering of people in my region may appear distant to an audience in Munich, but the waves of refugees make these injustices a European concern. And the darkness of terrorism now casts a shadow on the entire world.”

4. Prince Mohammed:

   There will be no investment, movement or development in any region of the world without the vote of the Saudi sovereign fund.

5. Sami Khoreibi:

   There's a massive increase in solar power installations in the Mena region. This year we will see contracts 10 times more than last year.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=REGION
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Region
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=REGION
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/REGION
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=REGION
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=REGION
9. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=REGION
10. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=REGION
11. ^ Entomology
    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=REGION
12. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html