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Definition of Region

Region

  1. 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.
  2. Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere.
  3. The upper air; the sky; the heavens.
  4. The inhabitants of a district.
  5. Place; rank; station.

Region Quotations

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
Barack Obama

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

A nuclear-weapons armed Iran is not in anyone's human-rights interests. That is a direct threat to the lives and the livelihoods and the stability not only of the region but beyond.
Hillary Clinton

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

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