region

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Synonyms: legion, regian, regio, regin

Antonyms: legion, regian, regio, regin

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. 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.
2. An [[administrative]] [[subdivision]] of a [[city]], a [[territory]], a [[country]].
3. {{lb|en|figuratively}} The [[inhabitant]]s of a region or district of a country.
4. {{lb|en|anatomy}} A place in or a part of the [[body]] in any way indicated.
5. An approximate range.
6. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[place|Place]]; [[rank]]; [[station]]; [[dignity]].
7. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[space]] from the earth's [[surface]] out to the [[orbit]] of the [[moon]]: properly called the [[elemental region]].

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