## Meanings
1. A large area of land, often with its own features or character.
2. An approximate amount or range (often 'in the region of').
3. A particular part of the body.

## Examples
- Penguins inhabit the polar regions.
- The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35.
- She felt a sharp pain in the abdominal region.

## Derived Forms
- bioregion
- crowdion
- eigenregion
- ergoregion
- ethnoregion
- euroregion
- georegion
- interregion
- macroregion
- megaregion
- meso-region
- mesoregion

## Related Forms
- regional
- regionally
- regionarius
- regionary
- regionic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₃enh₂-
- Root: *h₃reǵ-
- Root: regioun
- Root: regiun
- Root: regiō

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

## AI Etymology
Region comes from Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio. Modern senses include a large area of land, often with its own features or character. and an approximate amount or range (often 'in the region of').. The wider word family includes derivatives such as bioregion, crowdion, eigenregion, ergoregion, ethnoregion, and euroregion and related forms such as regional, regionally, regionarius, and regionary.

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- Places & Geography

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