Region can be used to mean:

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. The proper techniques of space delimitation covers regionalization.

   the equatorial regions

   the temperate regions

   the polar regions

   the upper regions of the atmosphere

2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
3. The geographically-specific encoding present on many commercially-produced DVDs.
4. (historical) 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.
5. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
6. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

   the abdominal regions

7. {obsolete} Place; rank; station; dignity.
8. {obsolete} The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
9. For the QuickDraw data structure, see QuickDraw.

Regions are conceptual constructs and, thus, may vary among cultures and individuals.

Administrative regions

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The word "region" is taken from the Latin regio, and a number of countries have borrowed the term as the formal name for a type of subnational entity (eg, the región, used in Chile). In English, the word is also used as the conventional translation for equivalent terms in other languages (e.g., the область (oblast), used in Russia alongside with a broader term регион).

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update: Azeri war threat on Nagorno-Karabakh met by Armenian threat to recognize the separatist region; probably show as usual but who knows
sublimeoblivion (Anatoly Karlin) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:15:57 -0000
update: Azeri war threat on Nagorno-Karabakh met by Armenian threat to recognize the separatist region; probably show as usual but who knows
GST Bill to be tabled by Dec 17 - New Straits Times: The only countries in the region not employing the GST are.. http://ad.vu/wjv4
BruneiNews (Brunei Global News) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:31:45 -0000
GST Bill to be tabled by Dec 17 - New Straits Times: The only countries in the region not employing the GST are.. http://ad.vu/wjv4
Youth Separtists Linked to ETA Arrested in Basque Region: By David Sophrin Impunity Watch Reporter, Europe MADRID, ... http://bit.ly/4sghar
ImpuniTweet (Impunity Watch) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:08:41 -0000
Youth Separtists Linked to ETA Arrested in Basque Region: By David Sophrin Impunity Watch Reporter, Europe MADRID, ... http://bit.ly/4sghar
Intriguing historical morsel: the Jewish Autonomous Region, set up by the former USSR."Worst good idea."http://bit.ly/5Soeyc
gbittlingmayer (George Bittlingmayer) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:42:57 -0000
Intriguing historical morsel: the Jewish Autonomous Region, set up by the former USSR."Worst good idea."http://bit.ly/5Soeyc
What We’re Thankful For In 2009, by Tri-State Transportation Campaign | Mobilizing the Region: A couple of thin.. http://bit.ly/7Dvjnp
ctenvheadlines (ctenvheadlines) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:12:35 -0000
What We’re Thankful For In 2009, by Tri-State Transportation Campaign | Mobilizing the Region: A couple of thin.. http://bit.ly/7Dvjnp
Some 4000 more jobs will be gone in our Upstate NY region by 2/15. These in grocery business. Likely a number of our neighbors among them.
garyvanriper (Gary Allen VanRiper) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:35:46 -0000
Some 4000 more jobs will be gone in our Upstate NY region by 2/15. These in grocery business. Likely a number of our neighbors among them.

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