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region

/ˈɹidʒən/ · 6 letters · 6 distinct letters

  1. noun

    the extended spatial location of something

    the farming regions of France

  2. noun

    a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

    in the abdominal region

  3. noun

    a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth

    penguins inhabit the polar regions

  4. noun

    the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')

    it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job

  5. noun

    a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about

    it was a limited realm of discourse

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