Region : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Region	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
region n the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" Synonym(s): region, part a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" Synonym(s): area, region a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" 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" Synonym(s): region, neighborhood a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult" Synonym(s): region, realm
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Region \Re"gion\ (r?"j?n), n. [F. r[82]gion, from L. regio a direction, a boundary line, region, fr. regere to guide, direct. See {Regimen}.] 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. If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world, Or unknown region. --Milton. 2. Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. [bd]Though the fork invade the region of my heart.[b8] --Shak. Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis. --Luke iii. 1. 3. The upper air; the sky; the heavens. [Obs.] Anon the dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. --Shak. 4. The inhabitants of a district. --Matt. iii. 5. 5. Place; rank; station. [Obs. or R.] He is of too high a region. --Shak.