EGAVE

region

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 87.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

  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.
    the equatorial regions
  2. noun An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country. 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. Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality. Ellipsis of administrative region. A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
  5. noun A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
  6. noun Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality.
  7. noun Ellipsis of administrative region. A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
  8. noun A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.

Similar words

domain realm neighborhood part area province regionally district territory territorial

Often followed by

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Word family

regional regionally regions

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