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region [n]

1)	the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"

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location air biosphere depth interplanetary_space interstellar_space heliosphere intergalactic_space deep_space aerospace zone belt bottom county distance eden extremity d-layer appleton_layer e_layer hell inside ionosphere layer exterior radius side air vacuity top zodiac house rand black_hole mare

2)	a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region"

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body_part erogenous_zone hypochondrium area_of_cardiac_dullness epigastrium fovea parafovea macula cortical_area perineum side cleavage areola middle waist loins palm thenar sole half-moon groin quick

3)	a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"

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location area backwater breadbasket theater_of_war field zone_of_interior district demesne old_world far_east north south field geographic_area biogeographical_region heartland irredenta antipodes terra_incognita laboratory occident

4)	the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100"

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indefinite_quantity

5)	a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited domain of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"

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