different between region vs polity

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 French politie, from Latin politia (circa. 1530s C.E.), from Ancient Greek ???????? (politeía, “polity, policy, the state”). Doublet of policy and police.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?.l?.t?/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?p?.l?.ti/

Noun

polity (plural polities)

1. (politics) An organizational structure of the government of a state, church, etc.
2. (political science) A politically organized unit; a state.

   Different nations have different forms of polities, from provinces and states to territories and municipalities.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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