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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Region has 5 senses
- region(n = noun.location) part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" is a kind of location
- region(n = noun.body) area - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" is a kind of body part
- region(n = noun.location) Array - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" is a kind of location
- region(n = noun.quantity) neighborhood - the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100" is a kind of indefinite quantity
- region(n = noun.cognition) realm - a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult" is a kind of domain, knowledge base, knowledge domain
has particulars: 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, d-layer, d region, appleton layer, f layer, f region, e layer, e region, heaviside layer, kennelly-heaviside layer, achaea, doris, cynoscephalae, transylvania, rand, reef, witwatersrand
has particulars: 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
has particulars: 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, old world, far east, occident, west, french west indies
CIDE DICTIONARY
Region, n. [F. région, from L. regio a direction, a boundary line, region, fr. regere to guide, direct. See Regimen.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]"If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world,
Or unknown region." [1913 Webster] - Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. Shak. [1913 Webster]"Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis." [1913 Webster]
- The upper air; the sky; the heavens. [1913 Webster]"Anon the dreadful thunder
Doth rend the region." [1913 Webster] - The inhabitants of a district. Matt. iii. 5. [1913 Webster]
- Place; rank; station. [1913 Webster]"He is of too high a region." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Region, n.
1 an area of land, or division of the earth's surface, having definable boundaries or characteristics (a mountainous region; the region between London and the coast).
2 an administrative district esp. in Scotland.
3 a part of the body round or near some organ etc. (the lumbar region).
4 a sphere or realm (the region of metaphysics).
5 a a separate part of the world or universe. b a layer of the atmosphere or the sea according to its height or depth.
1 an area of land, or division of the earth's surface, having definable boundaries or characteristics (a mountainous region; the region between London and the coast).
2 an administrative district esp. in Scotland.
3 a part of the body round or near some organ etc. (the lumbar region).
4 a sphere or realm (the region of metaphysics).
5 a a separate part of the world or universe. b a layer of the atmosphere or the sea according to its height or depth.
Idiom
in the region of approximately.
Derivative
regional adj. regionalism n. regionalist n. & adj. regionalize v.tr. (also -ise). regionally adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF f. L regio -onis direction, district f. regere direct
THESAURUS
Region
Kreis, abode, acres, alluvion, alluvium, ambit, arable land, archbishopric, archdiocese, area, arrondissement, bailiwick, bearings, belt, bench mark, bishopric, borough, canton, city, clay, clod, commune, congressional district, constablewick, county, crust, demesne, departement, department, diocese, dirt, district, division, domain, dominion, dry land, duchy, dust, earth, electoral district, electorate, emplacement, field, freehold, glebe, government, grassland, ground, hamlet, hole, hundred, jurisdiction, land, landholdings, latitude and longitude, lieu, lithosphere, locale, locality, location, locus, magistracy, marginal land, marl, metropolis, metropolitan area, mold, neighborhood, oblast, okrug, pale, parish, part, pinpoint, place, placement, point, position, precinct, principality, province, quarter, real estate, real property, regolith, riding, section, sector, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty, site, situation, situs, sod, soil, soke, sphere, spot, stake, state, stead, subaerial deposit, subsoil, terra, terra firma, terrain, territory, the country, topsoil, town, township, tract, vicinity, village, walk, wapentake, ward, whereabout, whereabouts, woodland, zoneROGET THESAURUS
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Government
N government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority, authority, master, direction, national government, nation, state, country, nation- state, dominion, republic, empire, union, democratic republic, kingdom, principality, state government, state, shire, province, county, canton, territory, duchy, archduchy, archdukedom, woiwodshaft, commonwealth, region, property, county, parish city, domain, tract, arrondissement, mofussil, commune, wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth, soke, tithing, ward, precinct, bailiwick, command, empire, sway, rule, dominion, domination, sovereignty, supremacy, suzerainty, lordship, headship, chiefdom, seigniory, seigniority, rule, sway, command, control, administer, govern, lead, preside over, reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne, sway the scepter, wield the scepter, wear the crown, state, realm, body politic, posse comitatus, judicature, cabinet, seat of government, seat of authority, headquarters, accession, installation, politics, reign, regime, dynasty, directorship, dictatorship, protectorate, protectorship, caliphate, pashalic, electorate, presidency, presidentship, administration, proconsul, consulship, prefecture, seneschalship, magistrature, magistracy, monarchy, kinghood, kingship, royalty, regality, aristarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy, theocracy, demagogy, commonwealth, dominion, heteronomy, republic, republicanism, socialism, collectivism, mob law, mobocracy, ochlocracy, vox populi, imperium in imperio, bureaucracy, beadledom, bumbledom, stratocracy, military power, military government, junta, feodality, feudal system, feudalism, thearchy, theocracy, dinarchy, duarchy, triarchy, heterarchy, duumvirate, triumvirate, autocracy, autonomy, limited monarchy, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, home rule, representative government, monocracy, pantisocracy, gynarchy, gynocracy, gynaeocracy, petticoat government, legislature, judiciary, administration, office of the president, office of the prime minister, cabinet, senate, house of representatives, parliament, council, courts, supreme court, state, interior, labor, health and human services, defense, education, agriculture, justice, commerce, treasury, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, National Institutes of Health, NIH, Postal Service, Post Office, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, president, vice president, cabinet member, prime minister, minister, senator, representatative, president pro tem, speaker of the house, department head, section head, section chief, federal judge, justice, justice of the supreme court, chief justice, treasurer, secretary of the treasury, director of the FBI, governor, state cabinet member, state senator, assemblyman, assemblywoman, regal, sovereign, governing, royal, royalist, monarchical, kingly, imperial, imperiatorial, princely, feudal, aristocratic, autocratic, oligarchic, republican, dynastic, ruling, regnant, gubernatorial, imperious, authoritative, executive, administrative, clothed with authority, official, departmental, ex officio, imperative, peremptory, overruling, absolute, hegemonic, hegemonical, authorized, government, public, national, federal, his majesty's, her majesty's, state, county, city, N, a dog's obeyed in office, cada uno tiene su alguazil, le Roi le veut, regibus esse manus en nescio longas, regnant populi, the demigod Authority, the right divine of kings to govern wrong, uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.Region
N region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle, reservation, pale, compartment, department, clearing, (property) &c 780 (Government), 1 arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march, patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court, enclave, reserve, preserve, street, clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude, biosphere, lithosphere, territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.
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