Definition of "region" in English

noun

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
   • the polar regions
   • the upper regions of the atmosphere

2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

3. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.

4. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

   • the abdominal regions

5. An approximate range.

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

6. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.

7. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.