Hypertext Webster Gateway: "region"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Region \Re"gion\ (r?"j?n), n. [F. r['e]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. ``Though the fork invade
the region of my heart.'' --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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
region
n 1: the extended spatial location of something; "the farming
regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the
world"; "regions of outer space" [syn: {part}]
2: a part of an animal that has a special function or is
supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal
region" [syn: {area}]
3: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth;
"penguins inhabit the polar regions"
4: 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" [syn: {neighborhood}]
5: 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" [syn: {domain}, {realm}]
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