region
Bounded but unofficial
A region is an area distinguished from others by some characteristic—geographic, political, cultural, or administrative.
The Midwest region shares climate and culture.
A wine region produces distinctive grapes.
In anatomy, a region is a part of the body: the lumbar region.
Regional means belonging to or characteristic of a particular region: regional accents, regional cuisine.
Regional administrative district
- stateCondition or mode
- countyLocal administrative division
- districtBounded administrative area
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
municipality · prefecture · borough · canton · parish · governorate · oblast · jurisdiction
Land's physical features
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- coastalOf the shoreline
- mountainousHaving many peaks
lowland · highland · watershed · basin · valley · plateau · peninsula · delta
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- dialectRegional language variety
- cuisineCharacteristic cooking style
folklore · ethnicity · indigenous · homeland · motherland · diaspora · identity · native
Of hot, humid regions
- temperateMild, avoiding extremes
- aridDevoid of water
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- subtropicalClimate near the tropics
monsoon · continental · maritime · equatorial · subarctic · semiarid · microclimate · weather
Of factories and production
- agriculturalOf farming practices
- commercialPaid broadcast promotion
- developingBecoming more advanced
- underdevelopedInsufficiently grown or advanced
prosperous · impoverished · rust belt · silicon · hub · corridor · free trade zone · export
province
Regional administrative district
territory · municipality · prefecture · borough · canton · parish · governorate · oblast · jurisdiction · boundary
terrain
Land's physical features
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- coastalOf the shoreline
mountainous · lowland · highland · watershed · basin · valley · plateau · peninsula · delta · plains
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- dialectRegional language variety
cuisine · folklore · ethnicity · indigenous · homeland · motherland · diaspora · identity · native · ancestral
tropical
Of hot, humid regions
subtropical · monsoon · continental · maritime · equatorial · subarctic · semiarid · microclimate · weather · seasons
industrial
Of factories and production
- agriculturalOf farming practices
- commercialPaid broadcast promotion
- developingBecoming more advanced
underdeveloped · prosperous · impoverished · rust belt · silicon · hub · corridor · free trade zone · export · manufacturing
lumbar
Of the lower spine
pelvic · cranial · dorsal · ventral · anatomy · localized · tissue · organ · quadrant · cavity
- placescity, town, village, hamlet, building
- regionsarea, areas, zone, zones, territory
- Worldearth, globe, planet, continents, continent
- locationhere, there, place, position, location
- Australian Geographystates, territories, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland
- geography termsmap, atlas, globe, compass, coordinates
regionborder
Outer edge or limit
boundary · demarcation · coordinates · perimeter · edge
regionwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
wasteland · metropolis · city · hinterland · capital
- nether regionsLower or infernal realms
- desert regionsDry, barren land areas
- regional theaterLocal professional drama company
- regional cookingPlace-based culinary traditions
- regional dishesArea-specific traditional foods
- regional slangInformal vocabulary of localities
regional, regime, regions, regionally, regionalism, regionalist, subregion, regionalisms, subregions