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   region

   /ˈriːdʒ(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. an area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries: "the equatorial regions"
   • ▪ an administrative district of a city or country: "Lothian Region"
   • ▪ the parts of a country outside the capital or chief seat of government: British "the promotion of investment in the regions"
   • ▪ an area of activity or thought: "his work takes needlework into the region of folk art"
   • 2. a part of the body, especially around or near an organ: "the lumbar region"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin regio(n-) ‘direction, district’, from regere ‘to rule, direct’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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