[ˈriːdʒ(ə)n], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries
(e.g: the equatorial regions)

- a part of the body, especially around or near an organ
(e.g: the lumbar region)


Phrases:
- in the region of

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