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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈriːdʒən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈridʒən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rē′jən)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
re•gion /ˈridʒən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a large area of a surface, space, or body:a region of the earth; a tropical region.
  2. a district of a certain kind:an industrial region.
  3. Anatomya division of the body:the abdominal region.
Idioms
  1. in the region of, approximately;
    almost:cost in the region of ten dollars.

See -reg-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
re•gion  (rē′jən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:a region of the earth.
  2. Usually, regions. the vast or indefinite entirety of a space or area, or something compared to one:the regions of the firmament; the regions of the mind.
  3. a part of the earth's surface (land or sea) of considerable and usually indefinite extent:a tropical region.
  4. a district without respect to boundaries or extent:a charming region in Connecticut.
  5. Geography, Astronomya part or division of the universe, as the heavens:a galactic region.
  6. a large indefinite area or range of something specified;
    sphere:a region of authority.
  7. an area of interest, activity, pursuit, etc.;
    field:studies in the region of logic.
  8. Governmentan administrative division of a city or territory.
  9. [Zoogeog.]a major faunal area of the earth's surface, sometimes one regarded as a division of a larger area.
  10. Anatomya place in or a division of the body or a part of the body:the abdominal region.
  11. Mathematics
    • Also called domain. an open connected set.
    • the union of such a set and some or all of its boundary points.
  • Latin regiōn- (stem of regiō) direction, line, boundary, equivalent. to reg(ere) to rule + -iōn- -ion
  • Anglo-French regiun
  • Middle English 1300–50
    1. area, section, portion. 4. locale, site, tract, quarter.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
region /ˈriːdʒən/ n
  1. any large, indefinite, and continuous part of a surface or space
  2. an area considered as a unit for geographical, functional, social, or cultural reasons
  3. an administrative division of a country
  4. a realm or sphere of activity or interest
  5. range, area, or scope: in what region is the price likely to be?
  6. a division or part of the body: the lumbar region
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin regiō, from regere to govern
'region' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: a [large, small, tiny, huge, vast] region, a [dry, barren, neglected, beautiful, desert, poor, rich, tropical] region, the [driest] region (in the country), more...

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