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subregion

American  
[suhb-ree-juhn] / ˈsʌbˌri dʒən /

noun

  1. a division or subdivision of a region, especially a division of a zoogeographical region.


subregion British  
/ sʌbˈriːdʒən /

noun

  1. a subdivision of a region, esp a zoogeographical or ecological region

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of subregion

First recorded in 1860–65; sub- + region

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The rock band, which was formed in a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area, will perform starting at 3 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

"For years, Nigeria has supported peace and security of several countries not only in the West African subregion but also on the African continent," the regional bloc said in a statement shared on Thursday.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024

The electrical signals, lasting on average 120 milliseconds, were then found to move down and across the folds of the precentral gyrus to a neighboring auditory cortical subregion, called the superior temporal gyrus.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

In the subregion including Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, 71% of public schools have strict dress codes — the highest in the country, the report said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

So large a portion of the Ethiopian subregion lies between the tropics that no surprise need be expressed at the richness of its fauna relatively to that of the last two subregions we have considered.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

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