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   Re·gion

   /ˈrēj(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries: "one of the region's major employers"
   • ▪ an administrative district of a city or country.
   • ▪ a part of the body, especially around or near an organ: "an unexpected clenching sensation in the region of her heart"
   • ▪ an area of activity or thought: "his work takes needlework into the region of folk art"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin regio(n-) ‘direction, district’, from regere ‘to rule, direct’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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