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region

English

Noun

(wikipedia region) (en noun)
  • 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
  • An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
  • (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
  • (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
  • (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
    • the abdominal regions
  • (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
  • (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

    • Related terms

    * regional * regionally * regionarius * regionary * regionic * radiate * radiation

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    malesia

    English

    (wikipedia Malesia)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones.
  • A phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom.
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