2. Noun. (Ireland British definite: '''the regions''') the rest of the country excluding the capital city or metropolitan region ¹
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Definition of Regions
1. region [n] - See also: region
Lexicographical Neighbors of Regions
Literary usage of Regions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"BOTANICAL regions. Little attention has hitherto been paid to the various
interesting botanical regions of the Hawaiian Islands. ..."
2. The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo, Giovanni Battista Baldelli Boni, Hugh Murray, Société de géographie (France) (1852)
"Grounds of Confidence in the Narrative— No prior Source of Information ; yet
accurate Survey of the Eastern regions—Recent additional Proofs—Charges against ..."
3. The Andes of Southern Peru: Geographical Reconnaissance Along the Seventy by Isaiah Bowman (1916)
"Their names do not matter; let them stand for the four human regions of Peru,
for they are in many respects typical men. ..."
4. The Great Ice Age: And Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1874)
"PAOK Extensive glaciation of mountainous and northern regions throughout the
northern hemisphere.—Glaciation of Norway, Sweden, and Finland. ..."
5. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1882)
"THE MARITIME regions. THE valleys which radiate in all directions from the great
central masses of the Alps are admirably adapted for imparting to almost ..."
6. The Marvellous Wonders of the Polar World by Herman Dieck (1885)
"IF you examine a map of the Arctic regions, showing what was known of the countries
around the North Pole in the •commencement of the present century, ..."
7. Illustrations of S. Cooper's Surgical Dictionaryby W. P. Cocks, Samuel Cooper by W. P. Cocks, Samuel Cooper (1833)
"PLATE I. Represents the anterior regions of the head and neck. PLATE II.
The lateral regions of the head and neck. These diagrams are intended to illustrate ..."
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