| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·gion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r  j n |
| NOUN: | 1. A large, usually continuous segment of a surface or space; area. 2. A large, indefinite portion of the earth's surface. 3. A specified district or territory. 4. An area of interest or activity; a sphere. 5. Ecology A part of the earth characterized by distinctive animal or plant life. 6. An area of the body having natural or arbitrarily assigned boundaries: the abdominal region. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin regi , regin-, from regere, to rule. See reg- in Appendix I.
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