From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

• enPR: rē′jən, IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːd͡ʒən/, [ˈɹiːd͡ʒn̩]

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• Rhymes: -iːdʒən

region (plural regions)

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.

   the equatorial regions

   the temperate regions

   the polar regions

   the upper regions of the atmosphere

2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
   1. (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.
   2. An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
   3. A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
   4. (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality; a county-level municipality.
   5. Ellipsis of administrative region.
      1. A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
3. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
4. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

   the abdominal regions

5. An approximate range.

   The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35.

6. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     he is of too high a region

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

• “region”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• "region" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 264.

• Regino, eringo, ignore, ingoer

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Cyrillic	регион
Roman

Borrowed from Russian регион (region).

• Hyphenation: re‧gi‧on

region

1. region

• “region”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Borrowed from German Region.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛɡɪjon]
• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛɡɪjoːn]

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region m inan

1. region

• “region”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “region”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “region”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

region c (singular definite regionen, plural indefinite regioner)

1. region

From English region, from Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

• IPA^(key): [reˈɡiɔn]
• Hyphenation: ré‧gi‧on

region (uncountable)

1. region: an administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

   Synonyms: daerah, kawasan

• “region” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

region (plural regiones)

1. region

• raion

Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.

region f (plural regions)

1. region

region

1. Alternative form of regioun

Latin regiō.

region f (plural regions)

1. region (area, district, etc.)

• French: région
  • → Romanian: regiune

• region on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regioner, definite plural regionene)

1. a region

• “region” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regionar, definite plural regionane)

1. a region

• “region” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin regiō.

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region f (plural regions)

1. region

• regional

Borrowed from German Region, from Latin regiō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.ɡjɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡjɔn
• Syllabification: re‧gion

region m inan

1. area, district, region

   Synonyms: dzielnica, kraina, obszar, obwód, rejon

• region in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• region in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• rȇgija (Croatia)

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

regìōn m (Cyrillic spelling регѝо̄н)

1. (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) region
2. (by extension, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) former Yugoslavia (conceptualized as a cultural region)
3. (by extension, Croatia, derogatory) former Yugoslavia (usually in a derisive context)

Borrowed from Latin regio.

• IPA^(key): /rɛɡɪˈuːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

region c

1. region, area
2. county, a political subdivision of the Swedish state roughly corresponding to a British county

   Synonym: (dated) län

   1. (synecdochically) county council, the administration and local authority of a region
      • 2024 November 5, Anna-Cajsa Torkelsson, “Nytt avtal i Örebro gör att gravida slipper gå jour: »En självklarhet« [New agreement in Örebro means pregnant workers can avoid being on call: "A given"]”, in Läkartidningen:

        Det har inte setts som en prioriterad fråga, och från regionens sida har det funnits farhågor om att alla gravida kommer tacka nej till jour.

        It hasn’t been considered a priority issue, and from the regional administration's perspective, there have been concerns that all pregnant workers will decline on-call duty.

      Synonym: (dated) landsting

• regional
• regionär
• Västra Götalandsregionen

• region in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker