region

noun

• 1an area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries:the equatorial regions a major wine-producing region
• an administrative district of a city or country: Lothian Region Saxony was divided into four large regions
• (the regions) British the parts of a country outside the capital or chief seat of government:the promotion of investment in the regions
• an area of activity or thought:his work takes needlework into the region of folk art

• 2a part of the body, especially around or near an organ:the lumbar region