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Is region a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word region is a Scrabble US word. The word region is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is region a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word region is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Yes. The word region is a Words With Friends word. The word region is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

ERINGO,IGNORE,REGION,

5-letter words (14 found)

ERGON,ERING,GENRO,GIRON,GOIER,GONER,GREIN,GROIN,GRONE,IRONE,NEGRO,NIGER,REIGN,RENIG,

4-letter words (26 found)

ERGO,GIEN,GIRN,GIRO,GOER,GONE,GORE,GORI,GREN,GRIN,INGO,INRO,IRON,NOIR,NORI,OGRE,ONER,ONIE,REGO,REIN,RENO,RINE,RING,ROIN,RONE,RONG,

3-letter words (31 found)

EGO,ENG,EON,ERG,ERN,GEN,GEO,GER,GIE,GIN,GIO,GOE,GON,GOR,ING,ION,IRE,NEG,NIE,NOG,NOR,ONE,ORE,ORG,REG,REI,REN,REO,RIG,RIN,ROE,

2-letter words (13 found)

EN,ER,GI,GO,IN,IO,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 88 words from region according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of region

region

Etymology

From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rē′jən, IPA(key): /ˈɹiːd͡ʒən/, [ˈɹiːd͡ʒn̩]
  • Rhymes: -iːdʒən

Noun

region (plural regions)

  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. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
    1. (historical) 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.
    2. An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
    3. A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
    4. (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality; a county-level municipality.
    5. Ellipsis of administrative region.
      1. A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
  3. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
  4. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
  5. An approximate range.
  6. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
  7. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

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Translations

References

  • “region”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Further reading

  • "region" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 264.

Anagrams

  • Regino, eringo, ignore, ingoer

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Region.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛɡɪjon]
  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛɡɪjoːn]

Noun

region m inan

  1. region

Declension

See also

Further reading

  • region in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • region in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • region in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

Noun

region c (singular definite regionen, plural indefinite regioner)

  1. region

Inflection

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From English region, from Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [reˈɡiɔn]
  • Hyphenation: ré‧gi‧on

Noun

region (first-person possessive regionku, second-person possessive regionmu, third-person possessive regionnya)

  1. region: an administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
    Synonyms: daerah, kawasan

Related terms

Further reading

  • “region” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

region (plural regiones)

  1. region

Ladin

Alternative forms

  • raion

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.

Noun

region f (plural regions)

  1. region

Middle English

Noun

region

  1. Alternative form of regioun

Middle French

Etymology

Latin regiō.

Noun

region f (plural regions)

  1. region (area, district, etc.)

Descendants

  • French: région
    • → Romanian: regiune

References

  • region on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

Noun

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regioner, definite plural regionene)

  1. a region

Derived terms

References

  • “region” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

Noun

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regionar, definite plural regionane)

  1. a region

Derived terms

References

  • “region” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin regiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

region f (plural regions)

  1. region

Related terms

  • regional

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Region, from Latin regiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.ɡjɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡjɔn
  • Syllabification: re‧gion

Noun

region m inan

  1. area, district, region
    Synonyms: dzielnica, kraina, obszar, obwód, rejon

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • region in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • region in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • rȇgija (Croatia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiō.

Noun

regìōn m (Cyrillic spelling регѝо̄н)

  1. (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) region
  2. (by extension, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) former Yugoslavia (conceptualized as a cultural region)
  3. (by extension, Croatia, derogatory) former Yugoslavia (usually in a derisive context)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛɡɪˈuːn/

Noun

region c

  1. region, area

Declension

Related terms

  • regional
  • regionförbund
  • stödregion
  • Västra Götalandsregionen

Source: wiktionary.org