Definition of region

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Region (n.) One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract..

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Laramie Group :: Laramie group () An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology..
Part :: Part (n.) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West..
Avernian :: Avernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions..
Siderealize :: Siderealize (v. t.) To elevate to the stars, or to the region of the stars; to etherealize..
Limit :: Limit (v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar..
Piedmont :: Piedmont (a.) Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.
Septentrion :: Septentrion (n.) The north or northern regions.
Iowas :: Iowas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region now included in the State of Iowa.
Australasian :: Australasian (a.) Of or pertaining to Australasia; as, Australasian regions..
Walk :: Walk (n.) That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk..
Lenni-lenape :: Lenni-Lenape (n. pl.) A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of North America from Connecticut to Virginia. They included the Mohicans, Delawares, Shawnees, and several other tribes..
Wild :: Wild (n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa..
Theatre :: Theatre (n.) A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war..
Migrate :: Migrate (v. i.) To remove from one country or region to another, with a view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as, the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the West..
Astrakhan :: Astrakhan (n.) The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur..
Range :: Range (v.) That which may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture..
Supernal :: Supernal (a.) Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions..
Philistine :: Philistine (n.) A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine..
Parotid :: Parotid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland..
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