different between region vs municipal

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

Borrowed from French municipal, from Latin m?nicip?lis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”), from m?niceps (“a citizen, an inhabitant of a free town”), from m?nus (“duty”) + capi? (“to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mju?n?s?p?l/
• Hyphenation: mu?ni?ci?pal

Adjective

municipal (comparative more municipal, superlative most municipal)

1. Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
2. Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.

Synonyms

• civic

Derived terms

• municipality

Related terms

Translations

Noun

municipal (plural municipals)

1. (finance) A financial instrument issued by a municipality.

Further reading

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin municipalis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /mu.ni.si?pal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

municipal (masculine and feminine plural municipals)

1. municipal

Derived terms

• municipalitat

Related terms

• municipi

Further reading

• “municipal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “municipal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “municipal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “municipal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin municipalis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”), from municeps (“a citizen, an inhabitant of a free town”), from munus (“duty”) + capi? (“to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ni.si.pal/

Adjective

municipal (feminine singular municipale, masculine plural municipaux, feminine plural municipales)

1. municipal

Derived terms

• municipalité

Further reading

• “municipal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

município +? -al

Adjective

municipal m or f (plural municipais, comparable)

1. municipal
2. town (attributive)
3. civic

Romanian

Etymology

From French municipal

Adjective

municipal m or n (feminine singular municipal?, masculine plural municipali, feminine and neuter plural municipale)

1. municipal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin municip?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /muni?i?pal/, [mu.ni.?i?pal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /munisi?pal/, [mu.ni.si?pal]

Adjective

municipal (plural municipales)

1. municipal

Related terms

• municipio
• municipalidad

Further reading

• “municipal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.