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noun
Any large area of a planet or moon that is strongly differentiated from neighbouring areas by colour or albedo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: planetary geology
Topics: astronomy, geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
A district of a city.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ancient-Rome
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History
Learned borrowing from Latin regiō. Doublet of region.
Across languages
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