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region
[ ree-juhn ]
/ Ëri dÊÉn /
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noun
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Origin of region
1300â50; Middle English <Anglo-French regiun<Latin regiĆn- (stem of regiĆ) direction, line, boundary, equivalent to reg(ere) to rule + -iĆn--ion
OTHER WORDS FROM region
un·der·re·gion, nounWords nearby region
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British Dictionary definitions for region
region
/ (ËriËdÊÉn) /
noun
Word Origin for region
C14: from Latin regiĆ, from regere to govern
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Other Idioms and Phrases with region
region
see in the neighborhood (region) of.
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