different between region vs regio

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 Latin.

Noun

regio (plural regiones)

1. (astronomy, geology) In planetary geology, any of the large areas of a planet or moon that are strongly differentiated in colour or albedo.

Translations

Anagrams

• orgie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?.?i.o?/
• Hyphenation: re?gio
• Rhymes: -e??io?

Noun

regio f (plural regio's or regionen, diminutive regiootje n)

1. region

Synonyms

• gebied

Derived terms

• woonregio

Related terms

• regionaal

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: regio

Anagrams

• groei

Indonesian

Etymology

Either directly borrowed or through Dutch regio, from Latin regio. Doublet of region.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?re?io?]
• Hyphenation: ré?gio

Noun

regio (first-person possessive regioku, second-person possessive regiomu, third-person possessive regionya)

1. (anatomy) region: a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

Related terms

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin r?gius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?.d??o/
• Hyphenation: rè?gio
• Rhymes: -?d?o

Adjective

regio (feminine regia, masculine plural regi, feminine plural regie)

1. royal

   Synonyms: reale, regale

Anagrams

• erigo
• orgie

Further reading

• regio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From reg? +? -i?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re.?i.o?/, [?r??io?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?re.d??i.o/, [?r??d??i?]

Noun

regi? f (genitive regi?nis); third declension

1. direction, line
2. boundary line, boundary
3. region, district, province
4. ground
5. (figuratively) sphere, department

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• cuius regi?, eius religi?
• ? regi?ne
• regi?n?lis
• regi?n?liter
• regi?n?tim

Descendants

• Italian: rione
• Old French: royon, reiun, rëon
• Old Occitan: reion
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Ladin: raion
• Sicilian: rijuni (obsolete)
• Venetian: rejon

Borrowings

References

• regio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• regio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• regio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• regio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• regio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• regio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• regio in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• regio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin r?gius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rexjo/, [?re.xjo]

Adjective

regio (feminine regia, masculine plural regios, feminine plural regias)

1. royal

   Synonym: real

2. (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, El Salvador) stupendous

   Synonyms: bacán, bárbaro, chévere, estupendo, excelente, guay

3. (Mexico) Monterreyan, born in Monterrey, short form of regiomontano

   Synonym: regiomontano

Derived terms

• agua regia

Related terms

• real
• reino
• rey

Further reading

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