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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Region \Re"gion\ (r?"j?n), n. [F. r['e]gion, from L. regio a direction, a boundary line region, fr regere to guide, direct. See {Regimen}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: region n 1: the extended spatial location of something "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" [syn: {part}] 2: a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" [syn: {area}] 3: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" 4: the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "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" [syn: {neighborhood}] 5: a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about "it was a limited domain of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult" [syn: {domain}, {realm}]
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