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(noun) area
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
in the abdominal region
(noun) realm
a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
it was a limited realm of discourse; here we enter the region of opinion; the realm of the occult
(noun) part
the extended spatial location of something
the farming regions of France; religions in all parts of the world; regions of outer space
(noun) neighborhood
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