Thesaurus: region

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1. n. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.
2. n. Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere.
3. n. The upper air; the sky; the heavens.
4. n. The inhabitants of a district.
5. n. Place; rank; station.
6. n. the extended spatial location of something
7. n. a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
8. n. a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
9. n. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
10. n. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
11. 1. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract. If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world, Or unknown region. Milton. 2. Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. "Though the fork invade the region of my heart." Shak. Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis. Luke iii. 1. 3. The upper air; the sky; the heavens. [Obs.] Anon the dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. Shak. 4. The inhabitants of a district. Matt. iii. 5. 5. Place; rank; station. [Obs. or R.] He is of too high a region. Shak.
12. n:100 n. the extended spatial location of something n. a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth n. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') n. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about