region

noun

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

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.

   “the equatorial regions”

   “the temperate regions”

2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
3. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
4. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
5. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
6. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
7. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
8. The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
9. A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

   “the abdominal regions”

10. An approximate range.

    “The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35.”

11. Place; rank; station; dignity.

    “he is of too high a region”

12. The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.