region

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

   in the abdominal region

2. 2
   noun

   the extended spatial location of something

   the farming regions of France

3. 3
   noun

   a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth

   penguins inhabit the polar regions

4. 4
   noun

   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

5. 5
   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

6. 6
   noun

   A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

   the abdominal regions

7. 7
   noun

   An approximate range.

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

8. 8
   noun

   Place; rank; station; dignity.

   he is of too high a region

Etymology

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