Definition of Region

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Region

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.

Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere.

The upper air; the sky; the heavens.

The inhabitants of a district.

Place; rank; station.

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Region Quotations

I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... a large Arctic region covered with ice.
Steve Martin

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.
George W. Bush

America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses.
Woodrow Wilson

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.
Bertrand Russell

What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?
Virgil

I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns.
Ernest Shackleton

This resemblance became clear in the Bush the father's visits to the region. He wound up being impressed by the royal and military regimes and envied them for staying decades in their positions and embezzling the nation's money with no supervision.
Osama bin Laden

Bush the father did well in placing his sons as governors and did not forget to pass on the expertise in fraud from the leaders of the region to Florida to use it in critical moments.
Osama bin Laden

Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.
Nancy Pelosi

The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed.
Kofi Annan

Region Translations

region in Afrikaans is streek, gebied
region in Dutch is gewest, gebied, streek, regio
region in German is Region, Bereich, Gegend
region in Latin is plaga, ora

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