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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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    oceania

    English

    (wikipedia Oceania)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A geographical region composed of many islands (Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia) plus Australasia. It is located between Asia, Antarctica and the Americas.

    • Usage notes

    Despite the fact that Oceania is technically not a continent, some people use the term when referring to the continents of the world in place of the Australian continent, mostly because several Oceanian countries are located in the Pacific Ocean and would otherwise be unable to be classified within a continent unless grouped in with Australia. Oceania contains the following countries: * Australia * East Timor (sometimes included) * Federated States of Micronesia * Fiji * Indonesia (part) * Kiribati * Marshall Islands * Nauru * New Zealand * Palau * Papua New Guinea * Samoa * Solomon Islands * Tonga * Tuvalu * Vanuatu Territories in Oceania belonging to other countries include: * Hawaii (United States) * Easter Island (Chile) * French Polynesia (France) * Bonin Islands (Japan) * Guam (United States) * Wallis and Futuna (France) * Northern Mariana Islands (United States) * New Caledonia (France)

    Related terms

    * Oceanic * Oceanian *Oceanianist * ocean

    See also

    * English words suffixed with -ia ----