Region
Re´gion Pronunciation: r?´j?n
| n. | 1. | 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. |
| 2. | Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. | |
| 3. | The upper air; the sky; the heavens. | |
| 4. | The inhabitants of a district. | |
| 5. | Place; rank; station. |
| Noun | 1. |  region - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"Synonyms: part |
| 2. | region - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" Synonyms: area | |
| 3. | region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" | |
| 4. | region - 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" Synonyms: neighborhood | |
| 5. | region - a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited domain of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult" |