region

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. (historical)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. (Ontario, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
7. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
8. (figuratively)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. (obsolete)Place; rank; station; dignity.

    “he is of too high a region”

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