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region

noun · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːd͡ʒən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɹiːd͡ʒn̩]
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈɹi.d͡ʒən/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈɹi.d͡ʒn̩]
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  • Australian: /ˈɹiːd͡ʒən/
  • Australian: [ˈɹɪi.d͡ʒn̩]
  • New-Zealand: /ˈɹiːd͡ʒən/
  • New-Zealand: [ˈɹiː.d͡ʒn̩]
  • South-Asia: /ˈɾidʒ(ɪ)ən/
  • rhymes with -iːdʒən
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY1 JH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the equatorial regions
  • the temperate regions
  • the polar regions
  • the upper regions of the atmosphere

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

An administrative subdivision of the European Union.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ontario, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

Ellipsis of administrative region.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

Ellipsis of administrative region.

A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Examples

  • the abdominal regions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

An approximate range.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The average age of the club's members is in the region of 35.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Place; rank; station; dignity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in the abdominal region

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: area

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body part

Narrower terms: erogenous zone, pressure point, hypochondrium, area of cardiac dullness, epigastrium, fovea, fovea centralis, parafovea, macula, macula lutea, macular area, yellow spot, cortical area, cortical region, perineum, side, cleavage, areola, ring of color, middle, midriff, midsection, waist, waistline, pubes, pubic region, loins, palm, thenar, sole, half-moon, lunula, lunule, groin, inguen, quick

14

noun

Meaning 14

a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it was a limited realm of discourse
  • here we enter the region of opinion
  • the realm of the occult

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: realm

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain

15

noun

Meaning 15

the extended spatial location of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the farming regions of France
  • religions in all parts of the world
  • regions of outer space

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: part

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: location

Narrower terms: atmosphere, air, biosphere, depth, interplanetary space, interstellar space, heliosphere, intergalactic space, deep space, aerospace, zone, belt, bottom, county, distance, Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la, extremity, hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno, inside, interior, ionosphere, layer, outside, exterior, radius, side, vacuum, vacuity, top, zodiac, sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house, Papua, Sind, black hole, Kuiper belt, Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, mare, maria, D-layer, D region, Appleton layer, F layer, F region, Heaviside layer, Kennelly-Heaviside layer, E layer, E region, Achaea, Doris, Cynoscephalae, Transylvania, Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef

16

noun

Meaning 16

a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • penguins inhabit the polar regions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: location

Narrower terms: area, country, backwater, breadbasket, theater of war, theatre of war, field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations, zone of interior, district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion, domain, demesne, land, northland, southland, geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region, biogeographical region, heartland, irredenta, irridenta, antipodes, unknown, unknown region, terra incognita, testing ground, laboratory, Old World, Far East, West, Occident, French West Indies

17

noun

Meaning 17

the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: neighborhood

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: indefinite quantity

History

Etymology

From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

Across languages

Translations

342 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gebied — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Albanian: rajon — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Albanian: trevë — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Albanian: krahinë — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Amharic: ቀበሌ (ḳäbäle) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Arabic: مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Arabic: مَنْطِقَة (manṭiqa) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Arabic: منطقة (manṭeʔa) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Arabic: مَنْطِقَة (manṭiga) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Aragonese: rechión — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Armenian: շրջան (šrǰan) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Armenian: տարածաշրջան (taracašrǰan) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Assamese: অঞ্চল (oñsol) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Assamese: ক্ষেত্ৰ (khetro) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Asturian: rexón — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Azerbaijani: rayon — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Azerbaijani: bölgə — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Azerbaijani: nahiyə — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Azerbaijani: region — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Balinese: wawidangan — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Bashkir: төбәк (töbək) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Basque: eskualde — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Belarusian: раён (rajón) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Belarusian: рэгіён (rehijón) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Belarusian: во́бласць (vóblascʹ) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Belarusian: край (kraj) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Bengali: অঞ্চল (oncol) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Bengali: ক্ষেত্র (khetro) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Bhojpuri: इलाका (ilākā) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Bulgarian: райо́н (rajón) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Bulgarian: о́бласт (óblast) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Bulgarian: край (kraj) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Bulgarian: регио́н (región) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Burmese: ဒေသ (desa.) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Catalan: regió — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Chechen: латта (latta) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Chechen: латтдоза (lattdoza) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Chinese: дичү (dičü) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地區 /地区 (dìqū) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Chinese Mandarin: 區域 /区域 (qūyù) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Czech: kraj — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Czech: oblast — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Czech: rajón — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Czech: okres — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Danish: region — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Dutch: regio — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Dutch: gebied — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Dutch: streek — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Dutch: landstreek — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Dutch: jegenode — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Esperanto: regiono — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Estonian: piirkond — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Estonian: regioon — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Extremaduran: rehión — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Faroese: øki — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Finnish: alue — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Finnish: seutu — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • French: région — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Friulian: regjon — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Galician: rexión — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Georgian: რეგიონი (regioni) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Georgian: არე (are) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • German: Gegend — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • German: Region — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • German: Raum — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • German: Gebiet — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹 (gawi) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Greek: περιοχή (periochí) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ancient Greek: χώρα (khṓra) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Hebrew: אֵזוֹר (ezór) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Hebrew: חבל ארץ — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Hindi: क्षेत्र (kṣetra) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Hindi: प्रदेश (pradeś) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Hindi: इलाक़ा (ilāqā) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Hungarian: táj — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Hungarian: vidék — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Hungarian: régió — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Icelandic: hérað — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ido: regiono — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ilocano: deppaar — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ilocano: rehion — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Indonesian: wilayah — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Indonesian: kawasan — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ingrian: oblasti — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ingrian: raijona — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Interlingua: region — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Irish: réigiún — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Italian: regione — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Japanese: 地方 (chihō) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Japanese: 区域 (kuiki) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Javanese: ꦭꦭꦢꦤ꧀ (laladan) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Javanese: ꦠ꧀ꦭꦠꦃ (tlatah) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Javanese: ꦮꦼꦮꦼꦁꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (wewengkon) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Javanese: laladan — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Javanese: tlatah — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Javanese: wewengkon — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Kapampangan: labuad — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Kazakh: аймақ (aimaq) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Kazakh: аудан (audan) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Kazakh: өңір (öñır) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Kazakh: өлке (ölke) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Khmer: តំបន់ (tɑmbɑn) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Khmer: គ្រាម (kriəm) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Khmer: ក្សេត្រ (kseet) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Khmer: ខេត្ត (khaet) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Korean: 지역 (jiyeok) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Korean: 지방 (jibang) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Central Kurdish: ناوچە (nawçe) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Northern Kurdish: herêm — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Northern Kurdish: navçe — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Northern Kurdish: dever — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Kyrgyz: регион — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Kyrgyz: район (rayon) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Kyrgyz: аймак (aymak) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ladin: region — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ladin: raion — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Lao: ຂົງ (khong) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Lao: ຂ່ວງ (khūang) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Lao: ຖິ່ນ (thin) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Latin: plaga — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Latvian: reģions — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Latvian: rajons — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Lithuanian: rajonas — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Lithuanian: regionas — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Lushootseed: swatixwtəd — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Luxembourgish: Regioun — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Macedonian: регион — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Macedonian: област (oblast) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Malagasy: faritra — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Malay: rantau — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Malay: kawasan — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Maltese: reġjun — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Māori: whaitua — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Marathi: प्रदेश (pradeś) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Mirandese: region — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Mongolian: муж (muž) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Mongolian: хязгаар (xjazgaar) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Mongolian: дүүрэг (düüreg) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Norwegian Bokmål: region — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: region — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Occitan: region — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Odia: ଅଞ୍ଚଳ (añcaḷa) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Odia: କ୍ଷେତ୍ର (kṣetra) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Pali: desa — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Pashto: سيمه (sima) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Dari: مِنْطَقَه (mintaqa) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Dari: نَاحِیَه (nāhiya) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Iranian Persian: مَنْطَقِه (mantaġe) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Iranian Persian: ناحِیِه (nâhiye) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Plautdietsch: Jäajent — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Poitevin-Saintongeais: réjhiun — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Polish: okolica — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Polish: obszar — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Polish: region — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Polish: rejon — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Portuguese: região — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Punjabi: ਇਲਾਕਾ (ilākā) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Punjabi: علاقہ (ʻlāqh) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Romanian: regiune — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Russian: райо́н (rajón) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Russian: регио́н (región) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Russian: о́бласть (óblastʹ) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Russian: край (kraj) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Sanskrit: देश (deśa) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Sanskrit: क्षेत्र (kṣetra) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏бла̄ст — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре́део — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: регѝо̄н — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: ре̑гија — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍblāst — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: prédeo — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: regìōn — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȇgija — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Sikkimese: ཁུལ (khul) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Slovak: kraj — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Slovak: oblasť — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Slovak: rajón — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Slovak: okres — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Slovene: regija — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Slovene: območje — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Slovene: področje — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Slovene: predel — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Slovene: pokrajina — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Southern Altai: аймак (aymak) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Southern Altai: район (rayon) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Spanish: región — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Swedish: trakt — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Swedish: region — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Swedish: bygd — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Swedish: nejd — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Tagalog: rehiyon — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Tajik: минтақа (mintaqa) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Tajik: ноҳия (nohiya) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Tatar: төбәк (töbäk) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Tatar: регион (regiyon) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Tày: búng — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Telugu: ప్రాంతము (prāntamu) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Thai: ดินแดน (din-dɛɛn) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Thai: ตําบล (dtam-bon) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Thai: ถิ่น (tìn) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Thai: บริเวณ (bɔɔ-rí-ween) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Thai: ภูมิภาค (puu-mí-pâak) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Turkish: bölge — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Turkish: nahiye — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایل (il) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوپراق (toprak) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ottoman Turkish: ارض (arz) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ottoman Turkish: تراب (türâb) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ottoman Turkish: ناحیه (nâhiye) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Turkmen: raýon — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Turkmen: sebit — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ukrainian: райо́н (rajón) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ukrainian: регіо́н (rehión) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ukrainian: о́бласть (óblastʹ) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Ukrainian: край (kraj) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Urdu: عِلاقَہ ('ilāqa) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Urdu: خِطَّہ (xitta) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Urdu: اِقْلِیم (iqlīm) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Urdu: دِیار (diyār) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Urdu: قِطْعَہ (qit'a) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Urdu: ناحِیَہ (nāhiya) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Uyghur: رايون (rayon) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Uyghur: جاي (jay) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Uzbek: mintaqa — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Uzbek: rayon — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Uzbek: region — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Venetan: rejon — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Vietnamese: vùng — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Vietnamese: miền — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Volapük: topäd — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Walloon: redjon — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Welsh: ardal — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Yiddish: געגנט (gegnt) — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Zhuang: dieg — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Zhuang: digih — any considerable and connected part of a space or surface
  • Arabic: إِقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm) — an administrative subdivision
  • Aragonese: rechión — an administrative subdivision
  • Armenian: մարզ (marz) — an administrative subdivision
  • Asturian: rexón — an administrative subdivision
  • Azerbaijani: vilayət — an administrative subdivision
  • Bashkir: төбәк (töbək) — an administrative subdivision
  • Basque: eskualde — an administrative subdivision
  • Belarusian: во́бласць (vóblascʹ) — an administrative subdivision
  • Bulgarian: о́бласт (óblast) — an administrative subdivision
  • Catalan: regió — an administrative subdivision
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大區 /大区 (dàqū) — an administrative subdivision
  • Chinese Mandarin: 區 /区 (qū) — an administrative subdivision
  • Chinese Mandarin: 州 (zhōu) — an administrative subdivision
  • Corsican: regione — an administrative subdivision
  • Corsican: reghjone — an administrative subdivision
  • Danish: region — an administrative subdivision
  • Dutch: regio — an administrative subdivision
  • Dutch: gewest — an administrative subdivision
  • Finnish: alue — an administrative subdivision
  • French: région — an administrative subdivision
  • Galician: rexión — an administrative subdivision
  • Georgian: რეგიონი (regioni) — an administrative subdivision
  • Georgian: მხარე (mxare) — an administrative subdivision
  • German: Bezirk — an administrative subdivision
  • German: Gau — an administrative subdivision
  • German: Region — an administrative subdivision
  • Hebrew: מָחוֹז (maẖóz) — an administrative subdivision
  • Hindi: प्रदेश (pradeś) — an administrative subdivision
  • Hindi: क्षेत्र (kṣetra) — an administrative subdivision
  • Hindi: मंडल (maṇḍal) — an administrative subdivision
  • Hindi: खंड (khaṇḍ) — an administrative subdivision
  • Hindi: अंचल (añcal) — an administrative subdivision
  • Icelandic: hérað — an administrative subdivision
  • Ido: regiono — an administrative subdivision
  • Igbo: mkpaghara — an administrative subdivision
  • Indonesian: daerah — an administrative subdivision
  • Ingrian: oblasti — an administrative subdivision
  • Interlingua: region — an administrative subdivision
  • Irish: réigiún — an administrative subdivision
  • Italian: regione — an administrative subdivision
  • Japanese: 地方 (chihō) — an administrative subdivision
  • Japanese: 県 (ken) — an administrative subdivision
  • Kazakh: аймақ (aimaq) — an administrative subdivision
  • Khmer: តំបន់ (tɑmbɑn) — an administrative subdivision
  • Korean: 도 (do) — an administrative subdivision
  • Korean: 지방 (jibang) — an administrative subdivision
  • Korean: 성 (seong) — an administrative subdivision
  • Korean: 주 (ju) — an administrative subdivision
  • Central Kurdish: ناوچە (nawçe) — an administrative subdivision
  • Kyrgyz: аймак (aymak) — an administrative subdivision
  • Lao: ຈັງຫວັດ (chang huat) — an administrative subdivision
  • Lao: ແຂວງ (khuǣng) — an administrative subdivision
  • Latin: regio — an administrative subdivision
  • Malayalam: പ്രദേശം (pradēśaṁ) — an administrative subdivision
  • Marathi: प्रदेश (pradeś) — an administrative subdivision
  • Moore: reezõ — an administrative subdivision
  • Norwegian Bokmål: region — an administrative subdivision
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: region — an administrative subdivision
  • Occitan: region — an administrative subdivision
  • Pashto: سيمه (sima) — an administrative subdivision
  • Dari: وِلَایَت (wilāyat) — an administrative subdivision
  • Dari: اُسْتَان (ustān) — an administrative subdivision
  • Iranian Persian: وِلایَت (velâyat) — an administrative subdivision
  • Iranian Persian: اُسْتان (ostân) — an administrative subdivision
  • Poitevin-Saintongeais: réjhiun — an administrative subdivision
  • Polish: region — an administrative subdivision
  • Polish: obwód — an administrative subdivision
  • Portuguese: região — an administrative subdivision
  • Russian: о́бласть (óblastʹ) — an administrative subdivision
  • Russian: край (kraj) — an administrative subdivision
  • Sanskrit: देश (deśa) — an administrative subdivision
  • Sardinian: regione — an administrative subdivision
  • Scots: region — an administrative subdivision
  • Scottish Gaelic: roinn — an administrative subdivision
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏бла̄ст — an administrative subdivision
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍblāst — an administrative subdivision
  • Sicilian: riggioni — an administrative subdivision
  • Sicilian: riggiuni — an administrative subdivision
  • Slovene: pokrajina — an administrative subdivision
  • Spanish: región — an administrative subdivision
  • Swedish: region — an administrative subdivision
  • Tagalog: rehiyon — an administrative subdivision
  • Tajik: вилоят (viloyat) — an administrative subdivision
  • Tajik: устон (uston) — an administrative subdivision
  • Thai: จังหวัด (jang-wàt) — an administrative subdivision
  • Ottoman Turkish: ناحیه (nâhiye) — an administrative subdivision
  • Ukrainian: о́бласть (óblastʹ) — an administrative subdivision
  • Urdu: وِلایَت (vilāyat) — an administrative subdivision
  • Urdu: رِیاسَت (riyāsat) — an administrative subdivision
  • Urdu: صُوبَہ (sūba) — an administrative subdivision
  • Urdu: پْرَدیش (pradeś) — an administrative subdivision
  • Uzbek: viloyat — an administrative subdivision
  • Vietnamese: tỉnh — an administrative subdivision
  • Serbo-Croatian: кра̀јишнӣк — the inhabitants of a region
  • Serbo-Croatian: kràjišnīk — the inhabitants of a region
  • Azerbaijani: nahiyə — a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
  • Bulgarian: зона (zona) — a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
  • Dutch: streek — a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
  • French: région — a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
  • Galician: rexión — a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
  • Hindi: क्षेत्र (kṣetra) — a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
  • Indonesian: regio — a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
  • Italian: regione — a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
  • Malayalam: ഭാഗം (bhāgaṁ) — a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
  • Portuguese: região — a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
  • Spanish: región — a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
  • Ottoman Turkish: ناحیه (nâhiye) — a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated
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