REGION

(noun) a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
"in the abdominal region"
synonyms : area
(noun) 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"
synonyms : realm
(noun) the extended spatial location of something
"the farming regions of France", "religions in all parts of the world", "regions of outer space"
synonyms : part
(noun) a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
"penguins inhabit the polar regions"
(noun) 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"
synonyms : neighborhood

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