different between region vs dominion

English

Etymology

From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regi?, from reg?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?j??n, IPA^(key): /??i?d??n?/
• Rhymes: -i?d??n

Noun

region (plural regions)

1. Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.

2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
   1. (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
   2. An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
   3. A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
   4. (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality, a county administered as a municipality.
   5. Ellipsis of administrative region
      1. A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
3. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
4. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

5. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
6. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

Derived terms

• region-wide, regionwide

Related terms

Translations

References

• region in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Further reading

• "region" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 264.

Anagrams

• Regino, eringo, ignore, ingoer

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regi?.

Noun

region c (singular definite regionen, plural indefinite regioner)

1. region

Inflection

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From English region, from Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regi?, from reg?. Doublet of regio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [re??i?n]
• Hyphenation: ré?gi?on

Noun

region (first-person possessive regionku, second-person possessive regionmu, third-person possessive regionnya)

1. region: an administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

   Synonyms: daerah, kawasan

Related terms

Further reading

• “region” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

region (plural regiones)

1. region

Ladin

Alternative forms

• raion

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.

Noun

region f (plural regions)

1. region

Middle English

Noun

region

1. Alternative form of regioun

Middle French

Etymology

Latin regi?.

Noun

region f (plural regions)

1. region (area, district, etc.)

Descendants

• French: région
  • ? Romanian: regiune

References

• region on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regi?.

Noun

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regioner, definite plural regionene)

1. a region

Derived terms

References

• “region” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regi?.

Noun

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regionar, definite plural regionane)

1. a region

Derived terms

References

• “region” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin regi?.

Noun

region f (plural regions)

1. region

Related terms

• regional

Polish

Etymology

From German Region, from Latin regi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r???.j?n/

Noun

region m inan

1. region, area, district

   Synonyms: rejon, obszar, dzielnica, obwód, kraina

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• region in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• r?gija (Croatia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regi?.

Noun

regì?n m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) region
2. (Croatia, derogatory) the area of former Yugoslavia

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio.

Noun

region c

1. region, area

Declension

Related terms

• regional
• regionförbund
• stödregion
• Västra Götalandsregionen

English

Etymology

From Middle English dominion, from Middle French dominion, from Medieval Latin dominio, equiv. to Latin dominium (“lordship, right of ownership”), from dominus (“lord”), from domus (“house”). See demain, demesne, domain, dominium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??m?nj?n/, /do??m?nj?n/
• Rhymes: -?nj?n
• Hyphenation: do?min?ion

Noun

dominion (countable and uncountable, plural dominions)

1. Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
   • 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides Translated into English

     To choose between dominion or slavery.
2. predominance; ascendancy
   • 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy

     Objects placed foremost ought […] have dominion over things which are confus'd and transient.

3. (sometimes figuratively) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
4. (taxonomy) kingdom
5. (biblical tradition) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.

   Synonym: domination

Related terms

• dominate
• domination
• dominator
• domineering
• domino
• subdominion

Translations

Further reading

• dominion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• dominion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Finnish

Noun

dominion

1. Genitive singular form of dominio.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.mi.nj??/

Noun

dominion m (plural dominions)

1. dominion

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English dominion, from Latin dominium

Noun

dominion m (definite singular dominionen, indefinite plural dominioner or dominions, definite plural dominionene)

1. a dominion

Usage notes

The use of dominions as indefinite plural may be from Danish via Riksmål.

References

• “dominion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “dominion” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English dominion, from Latin dominium

Noun

dominion m (definite singular dominionen, indefinite plural dominionar, definite plural dominionane)

1. a dominion

References

• “dominion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French dominion

Noun

dominion n (plural dominioane)

1. dominion

Declension