Region | Mean of region in English Dictionary

/ˈriːʤən/

• Noun
• a part of a country, of the world, etc., that is different or separate from other parts in some way
1. The bird returns to this region every year.
2. The plant grows in tropical regions. [=areas]
3. He's the company sales manager for the entire Southwest region.
4. the agricultural/coastal/mountainous regions of the country
5. the Amazon region of South America
6. the desert regions of the world
7. the winemaking regions of France
8. the unknown regions of outer space
• a place on your body
1. She has a pain in the lower back region.
2. He felt a pain in the region [=vicinity] of his heart.
• the parts of a country that are not close to the capital city
1. attempts to go outside of London and stimulate cultural life in the regions

• close to (an amount)
1. He makes somewhere in the region of [=about, approximately] $100,000 a year.