English Explanatory Dictionary

regional

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.
Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region.
Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body.
Of a state or other geographic area, denoting those parts which are not metropolitan, but are somewhat densely populated and usually contain a number of significant towns.

noun

An entity or event with scope limited to a single region.

Pronunciation

rē′jənəl rēj′nəl /ˈɹiːd͡ʒənəl/ /ˈɹiːd͡ʒnəl/ en-us-regional.ogg en-au-regional.ogg

Word forms

regional regionals

Etymology

From Middle French régional, from Latin regiōnālis.

Synonyms

intraregional locoregional

Antonyms

systemic bodywide

Derived words

aregional bioregional biregional Capital Regional District complex regional pain syndrome ecoregional extraregional georegional interregional inter-regional intraregional macroregional megaregional microregional midregional multiregional nonregional panregional regional converter regional county municipality regional economics regional insourcing regionalise regionalism regionalist regionality regionalize regional jet regional lockout regionally regional metamorphism regional Mexican regional municipality regionalness regional power socioregional subacute regional lymphadenitis superregional supraregional transregional triregional

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