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region

/ˈɹiːd͡ʒn̩/ · noun

Meaning

  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.
  2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
  3. The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
  4. A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
  5. Place; rank; station; dignity.
  6. The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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