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Definition of Region
1. Noun. The extended spatial location of something. "Regions of outer space"
Generic synonyms: Location
Specialized synonyms: Air, Atmosphere, Biosphere, Depth, Interplanetary Space, Interstellar Space, Heliosphere, Intergalactic Space, Deep Space, Aerospace, Zone, Belt, Bottom, County, Distance, Eden, Heaven, Nirvana, Paradise, Promised Land, Shangri-la, Extremity, Hell, Hell On Earth, Hellhole, Inferno, Snake Pit, The Pits, Inside, Interior, Ionosphere, Layer, Exterior, Outside, Radius, Side, Air, Vacuity, Vacuum, Top, Zodiac, House, Mansion, Planetary House, Sign, Sign Of The Zodiac, Star Sign, Papua, Sind, Black Hole, Edgeworth-kuiper Belt, Kuiper Belt, Mare, Maria
Specialized synonyms: D Region, D-layer, Appleton Layer, F Layer, F Region, E Layer, E Region, Heaviside Layer, Kennelly-heaviside Layer, Achaea, Doris, Cynoscephalae, Transylvania, Rand, Reef, Witwatersrand
2. Noun. A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve. "In the abdominal region"
Generic synonyms: Body Part
Specialized synonyms: Erogenous Zone, Pressure Point, Hypochondrium, Area Of Cardiac Dullness, Epigastrium, Fovea, Fovea Centralis, Parafovea, Macula, Macula Lutea, Macular Area, Yellow Spot, Cortical Area, Cortical Region, Perineum, Side, Cleavage, Areola, Ring Of Color, Middle, Midriff, Midsection, Waist, Waistline, Loins, Pubes, Pubic Region, Palm, Thenar, Thenar, Sole, Half-moon, Lunula, Lunule, Groin, Inguen, Quick
3. Noun. A large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth. "Penguins inhabit the polar regions"
Specialized synonyms: Area, Country, Backwater, Breadbasket, Theater Of War, Theatre Of War, Field, Field Of Operations, Theater, Theater Of Operations, Theatre, Theatre Of Operations, Zone Of Interior, District, Dominion, Territorial Dominion, Territory, Demesne, Domain, Land, Northland, Southland, Field, Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region, Biogeographical Region, Heartland, Irredenta, Irridenta, Antipodes, Terra Incognita, Unknown, Unknown Region, Laboratory, Testing Ground
Specialized synonyms: Old World, Far East, Occident, West, French West Indies
4. Noun. The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in 'in the region of'). "The price is in the neighborhood of $100"
5. Noun. A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about. "The realm of the occult"
Definition of Region
1. n. 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.
Definition of Region
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union. ¹
3. Noun. (historical) 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. ¹
4. Noun. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country. ¹
5. Noun. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated. ¹
6. Noun. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity. ¹
7. Noun. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Region
1. an administrative area or division [n -S]
Medical Definition of Region
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Region
Literary usage of Region
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1905)
"THE primate pectoral region offers peculiar conditions both as regards the ontogeny
of the pectoral muscles and the development of the ventral thoracic wall ..."
2. Livestock Products in the Third World: Past Trends and Projections to 1990 by J. S. Sarma, Patrick Yeung (1985)
"Number of livestock in the world, by country group and region, 197 9 16 3. ...
Growth of population and production of livestock products, by region, ..."
3. The Iron Ores of Lake Superior: Containing Some Facts of Interest Relating by Crowell & Murray (1920)
"... I. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR region The early history of the Lake
Superior iron ore region has been written by many able historians, ..."
4. The Iron Ores of Lake Superior: Containing Some Facts of Interest Relating by Crowell & Murray (1920)
"... I. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR region The early history of the Lake
Superior iron ore region has been written by many able historians, ..."
5. Bulletin by Kentucky Geological Survey (1912)
"The area is notable as including the Caseyville-De- koven region in which Dr. Owen
... The region examined includes the entire area of Union county and ..."
6. History of the American Civil War by John William Draper (1870)
"The central region of the Confederacy was conquered, and a secure lodgment made
at Chattanooga, the portal through the Alleghany Mountains. ..."
7. Report on the Geological Survey of the State of Iowa, to the Thirteenth by Iowa Geological Survey, Charles Abiathar White (1870)
"The middle region of Western Iowa embraces that portion of the State ...
This region is traversed nearly centrally in a north and south direction by the ..."
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