region

Words with a similar base: region

'region'

[region.n.01] as in: the extended spatial location of something

Examples:
the farming regions of France
religions in all parts of the world
regions of outer space

'region'

[area.n.03] as in: a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

Examples:
in the abdominal region

'region'

[region.n.03] as in: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth

Examples:
penguins inhabit the polar regions

'region'

[region.n.04] as in: the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')

Examples:
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

'region'

[region.n.05] as in: a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about

Examples:
it was a limited realm of discourse
here we enter the region of opinion
the realm of the occult

Origins

					region (English)
└── regiun (Anglo-Norman)
    ├── ''[[regio]], regionem'', from ''[[regere]]'' (Latin)
    └── regio (Latin)
        └── rego (Latin)

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