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region
A	noun
	1	area, region
				a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region"
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚body part ╚area, region ╚middle; midriff; midsection ╚areola; ring of color ╚cleavage ╚side ╚perineum ╚cortical area; cortical region ╚macula; macula lutea; macular area; yellow spot ╚parafovea ╚fovea; fovea centralis ╚epigastrium ╚area of cardiac dullness ╚hypochondrium ╚erogenous zone
	2	domain, region, realm
				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"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚knowledge domain; knowledge base ╚domain, region, realm
	3	region, part
				the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region, part ╚county ╚bottom ╚belt ╚zone ╚aerospace ╚deep space ╚intergalactic space ╚heliosphere ╚interstellar space ╚interplanetary space ╚depth ╚biosphere ╚atmosphere; air
	4	region
				a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚field ╚South; southland ╚North; northland; septentrion ╚Far East ╚Old World ╚domain; demesne; land ╚district; territory; territorial dominion; dominion ╚zone of interior ╚field; field of operations; theater; theater of operations; theatre; theatre of operations ╚theater of war; theatre of war ╚breadbasket ╚backwater ╚area; country
	5	region, 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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚indefinite quantity ╚region, neighborhood

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