different between regions vs regionalism

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?d??nz/

Noun

regions

1. plural of region

Noun

regions pl (plural only)

1. (Ireland, Britain, definite: the regions) the rest of the country excluding the capital city or metropolitan region
   • 2000, Emer Hughes, Fair city losing out to the regions, Sunday Business Post 7 November:

     Tom Clancy of Elan Recruitment thinks that staff shortages in the regions could be as severe as in Dublin.

   • 2003, Peter Hetherington, Study points civil servants towards the regions, The Guardian, 10 September:

     Three government departments may be named for a move from London to the regions.

Synonyms

• (rest of the country): the provinces (British)

Anagrams

• Reginos, eringos, ignores, ingoers, signore

Catalan

Noun

regions

1. plural of regió

Danish

Noun

regions

1. indefinite genitive singular of region

Ladin

Noun

regions

1. plural of region

Occitan

Noun

regions

1. plural of region

Swedish

Noun

regions

1. indefinite genitive singular of region

English

Etymology

regional +? -ism

Noun

regionalism (countable and uncountable, plural regionalisms)

1. Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.
2. Political tendency to concede forms of politico-administrative autonomy to regions.
3. (countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.

Synonyms

• (linguistics): provincialism

Hyponyms

• (linguistics; English regionalism): Americanism, Australianism, Briticism, Britishism, Canadianism

Related terms

• regionalist
• regionism

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French régionalisme

Noun

regionalism n (plural regionalisme)

1. regionalism

Declension