region

/ɹˈidʒən/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the extended spatial location of something
   “the farming regions of France”
2. a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
   “in the abdominal region”
3. a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
   “penguins inhabit the polar regions”
4. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
   “it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job”
5. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
   “it was a limited realm of discourse”

Synonyms for region

• part
• area
• neighborhood
• realm

Words that rhyme with region

• legion
• collegian