region
/ˈɹi.d͡ʒən/ noun B1- 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
- 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.
- An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
- A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
- A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
- The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated. · the abdominal regions
- An approximate range. · The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35.
Plural regions
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Not knowing what else to do in so wild a region, the Muleteer placed upon the Mule the load carried by the Ass in addition to his own, and at the top of all placed the hide of the Ass, after he had skinned him.
Marilla had something to tell Anne, but she did not tell it just then for she knew if she did Anne’s consequent excitement would lift her clear out of the region of such material matters as appetite or dinner.
Do you think I’m going to let you hustle for wages while I philander in the regions of high art?
In the surrounding plain, which more resembled a dusty lake than solid ground, were scattered a few miserable stalks of wheat, the effect, no doubt, of a curious desire on the part of the agriculturists of the country to see whether such a thing as the raising of grain in those parched regions was practicable.
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