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region
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)
- 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.
- An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
- (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.
- An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
- A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
- (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality, a county administered as a municipality.
- Ellipsis of administrative region
- A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
- (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
- (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- region
Ladin
Alternative forms
- raion
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.
Noun
region f (plural regions)
- region
Middle English
Noun
region
- Alternative form of regioun
Middle French
Etymology
Latin regi?.
Noun
region f (plural regions)
- 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)
- 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)
- a region
Derived terms
References
- “region” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin regi?.
Noun
region f (plural regions)
- region
Related terms
- regional
Polish
Etymology
From German Region, from Latin regi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r???.j?n/
Noun
region m inan
- 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 ???????)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) region
- (Croatia, derogatory) the area of former Yugoslavia
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regio.
Noun
region c
- region, area
Declension
Related terms
- regional
- regionförbund
- stödregion
- Västra Götalandsregionen
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scrap
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk?æp/
- Rhymes: -æp
Etymology 1
Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *skrap?n?, *skrepan? (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”)
Noun
scrap (plural scraps)
- A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
- 1852, Thomas De Quincey, Sir William Hamilton (published in Hogg's Instructor)
- I have no materials — not a scrap.
- I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
- 1852, Thomas De Quincey, Sir William Hamilton (published in Hogg's Instructor)
- (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
- Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.
- The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
- pork scraps
- (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
- (Britain, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
- (obsolete) A snare for catching birds.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
scrap (third-person singular simple present scraps, present participle scrapping, simple past and past participle scrapped)
- (transitive) To discard.
- (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
- (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
- (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
- (transitive) To make into scrap.
Derived terms
- scrapper
Translations
Etymology 2
Unknown
Noun
scrap (plural scraps)
- A fight, tussle, skirmish.
- We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.
Translations
Verb
scrap (third-person singular simple present scraps, present participle scrapping, simple past and past participle scrapped)
- to fight
Translations
Anagrams
- APCRs, Carps, RSPCA, carps, craps, parcs, pracs, scarp
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