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" With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above, and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland."
Tycho Brahe

Meaning of "region" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REGION

From Latin regiō, from regere to govern.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF REGION

ˈriːdʒən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REGION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Region is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REGION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Region

In geography, regions are areas broadly divided by physical characteristics, human-impact characteristics, and the interaction of humanity and the environment. Geographic regions and sub regions are mostly described by their imprecisely defined, and sometimes transitory boundaries, except in human geography, where jurisdiction areas such as national borders are clearly defined in law. It helps in soccer too. Apart from the global continental regions, there are also hydrospheric and atmospheric regions that cover the oceans, and discrete climates above the land and water masses of the planet. The land and water global regions are divided into subregions geographically bounded by large geological features that influence large-scale ecologies, such as plains and features. As a way of describing spatial areas, the concept of regions is important and widely used among the many branches of geography, each of which can describe areas in regional terms. For example, ecoregion is a term used in environmental geography, cultural region in cultural geography, bioregion in biogeography, and so on. The field of geography that studies regions themselves is called regional geography.

Definition of region in the English dictionary

The first definition of region in the dictionary is any large, indefinite, and continuous part of a surface or space. Other definition of region is an area considered as a unit for geographical, functional, social, or cultural reasons. Region is also an administrative division of a country.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REGION

bioregion · bourgeon · burgeon · chirurgeon · cryosurgeon · Dano-Norwegian · ecoregion · Galwegian · Glaswegian · gurjun · largen · legion · microsurgeon · murgeon · neurosurgeon · Norwegian · psychosurgeon · sturgeon · subregion · surgeon

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REGION

regimentals · regimentation · regimented · regiminal · Regin · Regina · reginal · Regiomontanus · regional · regional council · regional development · regional enteritis · regionalisation · regionalise · regionalism · regionalist · regionalistic · regionalization · regionalize · regionally

WORDS THAT END LIKE REGION

American Legion · Borders Region · British Legion · Central Region · critical region · D region · E region · F region · foreign legion · French Foreign Legion · Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region · Jewish Autonomous Region · Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region · Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region · religion · Royal British Legion · Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous Region · South Ossetian Autonomous Region · Strathclyde Region · Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region · Xizang Autonomous Region

Synonyms and antonyms of region in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REGION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «region» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «region» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF REGION

Find out the translation of region to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of region from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «region» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

地域
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

región
570 millions of speakers
en

English

region
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

क्षेत्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إقْلِيم
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

область
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

região
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

Regiomontanus
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

région
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Regiomontanus
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Region
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

地域
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

지역
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Regiomontanus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khu vực
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ரேகயோ மொண்டனுஸ்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

रेजीओमॅनटॅनस
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Regiomontanus
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

regione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

region
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

регіон
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

regiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιοχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

streek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

region
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

region
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of region

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REGION»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of region
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «region».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about region

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «REGION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word region.
1
Elliott Abrams
The war on drugs is not being won, and it continues to threaten stability and democracy not only in the Andes but throughout the Caribbean as well, where tiny police and military forces are outclassed by the sophisticated equipment in the hands of traffickers passing through the region on the way to their market in this country.
2
Yukiya Amano
Seen from the United States or Europe, Iran's nuclear program often causes most concern, but from the perspective of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the North Korean program is equally worrying.
3
Jose Maria Aznar
In crises, the old is dying and the new has not been born. Hence, the revolts we are witnessing in Egypt and Tunisia, which may yet extend to other countries in the region, are full of uncertainties.
4
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region.
5
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
In the U.A.E. we were the least-regulated environment in the region, and over time we are seeing more and more regulation coming in. On the other hand, a central bank can overregulate and choke the economy, and then we will have a dead banking industry.
6
Linwood Barclay
I was born in Darien, Connecticut, but in 1959, when I was four, my parents moved to the suburbs of Toronto. Then, in the late 1960s, they bought a cottage in a resort/trailer park in the Kawarthas region of Ontario, and we moved up there. I wrote a book about it in 2000 called 'Last Resort: Coming of Age in Cottage Country.'
7
Roland Barthes
To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished.
8
Drew Bledsoe
We started seven years ago and finally released our first vintage in March. It's an '07 vintage from Walla Walla, which is my old hometown. It also happens to be a world-class wine region that's just exploding on the scene right now.
9
Tycho Brahe
With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above, and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland.
10
Sergei Bubka
My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REGION»

Discover the use of region in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to region and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nevada Trails Western Region
This unique FULL COLOR addition to the Adler TRAILS SERIES contains meticulous details for hundreds of miles of scenic backroads and four wheel drive trails in western Nevada, near the towns of Reno, Carson City, Virginia City, Tonopah, and ...
Peter Massey, 2008
2
History, Culture, and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives
The revised book includes a substantial, retrospective postscript examining contemporary scholarship that has contributed to the understanding of Southeast Asian history since 1982.
O. W. Wolters, 1999
3
Language and Region
This book outlines the linguistic characteristics of regional accents and dialects in terms of regional pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.
Joan C. Beal, 2006
4
Region: Planning the Future of the Twin Cities
"Published in cooperation with the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota."
Myron Orfield, Thomas F. Luce, 2010
5
The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the ...
An acclaimed book and widely acknowledged classic, The Middle Ground steps outside the simple stories of Indian-white relations – stories of conquest and assimilation and stories of cultural persistence.
Richard White, 2010
6
A Natural History of the Chicago Region
This is a fascinating story told with humor and passion, of forests battling prairies for dominance; of storms battering towns and lakes; of prairies plowed, wetlands drained, and species driven extinct in the settlement of the Midwest; and ...
Joel Greenberg, 2004
7
Understanding Silicon Valley: The Anatomy of an ...
This text explores the factors that have made Silicon Valley such a fertile breeding ground for new technologies and new firms. It looks at how its pioneering achievements begana̧nd the forces that have propelled its unprecedented growth.
Martin Kenney, 2000
8
The Solar Transition Region
A discussion of the ultraviolet spectra obtained from the outer atmosphere of the sun.
John T. Mariska, 1992
9
The Black Sea Region: Cooperation and Security Building
The international contributors to this volume analyze the security issues in the region and the development of mechanisms that would promote cooperation and conflict management.
Oleksandr Pavli︠u︡k, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, 2004
10
Counseling in the Asia-Pacific Region
This work fills the need for a comprehensive publication in English that deals with the pertinent issues and problems in counselling in the Asia-Pacific region.
Abdul Halim Othman, Amir Awang, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REGION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term region is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Uber launches service in Waterloo Region, Guelph, Hamilton …
Uber has launched its UberX ride-sharing service in Waterloo Region, Hamilton, Guelph and London Thursday, according to a release from the company. «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
2
RCMP in York Region say police are in the process of apprehending …
... charged with conspiring and attempting to import methamphetamine. Police say they have issued a release to warn people in York Region about the activity. «CTV News, Jul 15»
3
Second area code approved for 315 region
Get ready for a new neighbor, 315. State regulators on Thursday approved creation of an additional area code for the region now covered by 315, likely ending a ... «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
Worst place in Canada to be a woman? It's Waterloo Region
When you add up education, pay, safety and other issues, a new ranking says, there's no worse place in Canada to be a woman than Waterloo Region. «CTV News, Jul 15»
5
Driver charged after collision topples pole, kills cyclist in York Region
A Toronto man is facing two charges in connection with a fatal collision in York Region Monday evening that left one cyclist dead and another seriously injured. «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
6
Sporting KC Academy U-15's claim US Youth Soccer Region II …
The Sporting Kansas City Academy U-15's were crowned champions at US Youth Soccer's Region II Championships on Wednesday with a 3-1 victory over the ... «Sporting Kansas City, Jun 15»
7
National Capital Region Gets Bigger; 3 New Districts Added
New Delhi: The sprawl of the National Capital Region (NCR) just got bigger as the nod has been given for the inclusion of Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
8
NDC says no to "needless" Ebola vaccines trial in Volta region
The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) outfit in the Volta region is warning it will resist any attempt by the government to use Voltarians as “guinea pigs ... «Starr 103.5 FM, Jun 15»
9
China busts 181 'terror' gangs in year-long crackdown in Muslim …
BEIJING: A "strike hard" campaign against what China calls terrorism in the largely Muslim region of Xinjiang and beyond has seen 181 gangs busted, ... «The Daily Star, May 15»
10
7 arrests in York Region as part of massive international child …
Seven arrests were made and 17 criminal charges laid in York Region as part of a massive, ongoing international child pornography investigation. «YorkRegion.com, May 15»
REFERENCE
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