n.
- an area of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
▸an administrative district of a city or country.
- a part of the body, especially around or near an organ.
Phrase
- in the region of
approximately.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., from L. regio(n-) ‘direction, district’, from regere ‘to rule, direct’.
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