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region
noun /ɹiːʤn̩/
a) 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

b) An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.

the temperate regions

See Also: regional, regionally, regionarius, regionary, regionic

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