1an area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries:the equatorial regionsa major wine-producing region
an administrative district of a city or country:Lothian RegionSaxony was divided into four large regions
(the regions) British the parts of a country outside the capital or chief seat of government:the promotion of investment in the regions
an area of activity or thought:his work takes needlework into the region of folk art
2a part of the body, especially around or near an organ:the lumbar region
in the region of
approximately:annual sales in the region of 30 million
