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# region

noun (a region, regions)

«region» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A region is a large area of land or of a country, with its own features, such as a type of weather, plants or people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/region/#m1)
2. A part of the body: the lower back region. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/region/#m2)
3. In maths, an area or space on a diagram, for example the parts of a Venn diagram. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/region/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in geography lessons: polar regions, desert regions, regions of a country. In maths: sorting numbers into regions of a Venn or Carroll diagram. Phrase: "in the region of" means "about" (in the region of 100 = about 100).

### Examples

- The Arctic is a cold region. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/region/#x1)
- Wine is made in this region of France. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/region/#x2)
- Which region of the country do you live in? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/region/#x3)
- Put the number in the correct region of the Venn diagram. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/region/#x4)
- The cost will be in the region of fifty pounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/region/#x5)
- Rainforests grow in tropical regions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/region/#x6)
- He felt pain in his stomach region. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/region/#x7)
- The region round the little town of Kjoge is very bleak and cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/region/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Adjective: regional. "In the region of" = approximately, important in estimates.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it is a named district, such as the region of Argob in Bashan.

**Interpretation.** The land east of the Jordan was given to Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh.

### Examples

- And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. (Torah DEU.3.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/region/#x1)
- and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob — all that Bashan is called the land of Rephaim. (Torah DEU.3.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/region/#x2)
- Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day. — (Torah DEU.3.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/region/#x3)
- This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites; (Prophets JOS.13.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/region/#x4)
- the king of Dor in the region of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in the Gilgal, one; (Prophets JOS.12.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/region/#x5)
- the son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife; (Prophets 1KI.4.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/region/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Adjective: regional. "In the region of" = approximately, important in estimates.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «region» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/region/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«region» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/region.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «region» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/region/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«region» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/region.html) on Mova free.