# region
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: rē′jən, IPA: /ˈɹiːd͡ʒən/, [ˈɹiːd͡ʒn̩]
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːdʒən

### Noun

region (plural regions)
* 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.
    the equatorial regions
    the temperate regions
    the polar regions
    the upper regions of the atmosphere
* An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
** (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
** An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
** A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
** (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality; a county-level municipality.
** Ellipsis of administrative region.
*** A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
* (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
* (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
    the abdominal regions
* An approximate range.
    The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35.
* (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
** c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:he is of too high a region
* (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

#### Hyponyms

* abdominal region
* airmass source region
* autonomous region
* Bluegrass region
* Cardamom region
* complementary region
* corrugated filamentary region
* D region
* eco-region
* E region
* flight information region
* F region
* H II region
* intergenic region
* nether region
* pubic region
* rejection region
* special administrative region
* statistical region
* Sylhet region

#### Derived terms

* attainable region theory
* bioregion
* eigenregion
* ergoregion
* ethnoregion
* Euroregion
* georegion
* interregion
* in the region of
* macroregion
* megaregion
* meso-region
* mesoregion
* microregion
* micro-region
* midregion
* multiregion
* nanoregion
* National Capital Region
* netherregion
* regiolect
* regionalect
* region-beta paradox
* region code
* regioned
* region-free
* region free
* regionful
* regioning
* regionism
* regionist
* regionless
* regionlet
* region rat
* region-wide, regionwide
* subregion
* superregion
* transregionate
* zooregion

#### Related terms

* regional
* regionally
* regionarius
* regionary
* regionic

#### References

* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “region”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Further reading

* "region" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 264.

### Anagrams

* Regino, eringo, ignore, ingoer

## Crimean Tatar

Other scripts :
| Cyrillic | регион |
| Roman | |

### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian регион (region).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: re‧gi‧on

### Noun

region
* region

#### Derived terms

* regional

### References

* “region”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Region.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɛɡɪjon]
* IPA: [ˈrɛɡɪjoːn]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

region m inan
* region

#### See also

* kraj

### Further reading

* “region”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “region”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “region”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

### Noun

region c (singular definite regionen, plural indefinite regioner)
* region

#### Derived terms

* regional
* regional-tv
* regionalavis
* regionalbank
* regionalfond
* regionalgeografi
* regionalgeografisk
* regionalisere
* regionalisering
* regionalisme
* regionalplan
* regionalplanlægning
* regionalpolitik
* regionalprogram
* regionalradio
* regionalråd
* regionalsprog
* regionalstation
* regionaltog
* regionalvalg
* regionschef
* regionsdirektør
* regionsformand
* regionshospital
* regionskontor
* regionsplan
* regionsplanlægning
* regionsråd
* regionsrådsformand
* regionsrådsformandspost
* regionsrådsmedlem
* regionsrådsvalg
* regionsudvalg
* regionsvalg

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From English region, from Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [reˈɡiɔn]
* Hyphenation: ré‧gi‧on

### Noun

region (uncountable)
* region: an administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
    Synonyms: daerah, kawasan

#### Related terms

* regio
* regional

### Further reading

* “region” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Interlingua
### Noun

region (plural regiones)
* region

## Ladin
### Alternative forms

* raion

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.

### Noun

region f (plural regions)
* region

## Middle English
### Noun

region
* Alternative form of regioun

## Middle French
### Etymology

Latin regiō.

### Noun

region f (plural regions)
* region (area, district, etc.)

#### Descendants

* French: région
** → Romanian: regiune

### References

* region on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

### Noun

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regioner, definite plural regionene)
* a region

#### Derived terms

* fjellregion
* regionavis
* regionråd
* regiontog
* økoregion

### References

* “region” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

### Noun

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regionar, definite plural regionane)
* a region

#### Derived terms

* fjellregion
* regionavis
* regionråd
* regiontog
* økoregion

### References

* “region” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin regiō.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

region f (plural regions)
* region

#### Related terms

* regional

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Region, from Latin regiō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛ.ɡjɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡjɔn
* Syllabification: re‧gion

### Noun

region m inan
* area, district, region
    Synonyms: dzielnica, kraina, obszar, obwód, rejon

#### Derived terms

* regionalny

#### Related terms

* regionalistyczny
* regionalnie
* regionalista
* regionalistka
* regionalistyka
* regionalizacja
* regionalizm
* regionalność

### Further reading

* region in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* region in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* rȇgija (Croatia)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

### Noun

regìōn m (Cyrillic spelling регѝо̄н)
* (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) region
* (by extension, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) former Yugoslavia (conceptualized as a cultural region)
* (by extension, Croatia, derogatory) former Yugoslavia (usually in a derisive context)

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛɡɪˈuːn/
* Rhymes: -uːn

### Noun

region c
* region, area
* county, a political subdivision of the Swedish state roughly corresponding to a British county
    Synonym: (dated) län
** (synecdochically) county council, the administration and local authority of a region
*** 2024 November 5, Anna-Cajsa Torkelsson, “Nytt avtal i Örebro gör att gravida slipper gå jour: »En självklarhet« [New agreement in Örebro means pregnant workers can avoid being on call: "A given"]”, in Läkartidningen:Det har inte setts som en prioriterad fråga, och från regionens sida har det funnits farhågor om att alla gravida kommer tacka nej till jour.It hasn’t been considered a priority issue, and from the regional administration's perspective, there have been concerns that all pregnant workers will decline on-call duty.
    Synonym: (dated) landsting

#### Derived terms

* fjällregion
* huvudstadsregion
* högskoleregion
* köksregion
* postregion
* regionbank
* regionchef
* regiondirektör
* regionfullmäktig
* regionförbund
* regionindelning
* regionkansli
* regionkontor
* regionledning
* regionmusik
* regionplan
* regionplanering
* regionpolitik
* regionpolitiker
* regionpolitisk
* regionråd
* regionsjukhus
* regionsjukvård
* regionskatt
* regionstyrelse
* regionstöd
* regionteater
* regiontrafik
* regionval
* regionvis
* sjukvårdsregion
* storregion
* storstadsregion
* stödregion
* tillväxtregion
* tullregion
* tätortsregion
* utbrytarregion
* vegetationsregion
* ökenregion

#### Related terms

* regional
* regionär
* Västra Götalandsregionen

### Further reading

* region in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker