regionnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈriː.dʒən/us/ˈriː.dʒən/B1 a particular area or part of the world, or any of the large official areas into which a country is divided:
one of China's autonomous regions
the Nordic/Asia-Pacific region
the Basque region
an area of a country, especially one that has a particular characteristic or is known for something:
a wine/farming region
mountainous/coastal regions
There's a shortage of cheap housing in the region.
a particular part of someone's body:
He said he had sharp pains in the stomach region/the region of the stomach.
in the region of
C1 approximately:
They estimate that the temperature yesterday was (somewhere) in the region of -30°C.
It will cost something in the region of $1 million.
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- The war is threatening to engulf the entire region.
- Grapes from this region are freighted all over the world.
- There's a shortage of cheap housing in the region.
- The army has been brought in to maintain order in the region.
- There's a clear distinction between the dialects spoken in the two regions.
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Towns & regions: parts of countries
- Breton
- canton
- Catalan
- city state
- co-
- county
- county borough
- countywide
- east
- East Ender
- interstate
- level
- north
- northeast
- northerner
- provincial
- regional
- regionalism
- reservation
- southerner
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Geography: areas of land in general
Approximate