region

 
Pronunciation: /ˈriːdʒ(ə)n/

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

Phrases

in the region of

approximately: annual sales in the region of 30 million

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin regio(n-) 'direction, district', from regere 'to rule, direct'