region

noun

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
4. A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
5. A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
6. The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
7. A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
8. An approximate range.
9. Place; rank; station; dignity.
10. The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.