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regio

See also: régio, régió, and regió

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin regiō. Doublet of region.

Noun

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regio (plural regiones)

  1. (astronomy, geology, planetary geology) Any large area of a planet or moon that is strongly differentiated from neighbouring areas by colour or albedo.
  2. (Ancient Rome) A district of a city.
    • 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 27:
      The British School has unearthed a city of continuous houses, more than 400 feet long by 350 broad, whose many blocks or "insul[ae]" might seem almost to need the more elaborate grouping of the "regiones" of Pompeii.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin regio.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈreː.ɣi.oː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: re‧gio
  • Rhymes: -eːɣioː

Noun

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regio f (plural regio's or regionen, diminutive regiootje n)

  1. region
    Synonym: gebied

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Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: regio

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Either directly borrowed or through Dutch regio, from Latin regio. Doublet of region.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈreɡio̯]
  • Hyphenation: ré‧gio

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regio (uncountable)

  1. (anatomy) region: a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
    regio abdomen ― abdominal region
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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin rēgius.

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regio (feminine regia, masculine plural regi, feminine plural regie)

  1. (uncommon or literary) royal
    Synonyms: reale, regale
  2. (figurative) grand, excellent

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  • regio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From regō +‎ -iō.

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    regiō f (genitive regiōnis); third declension

    1. direction, line
    2. boundary line, boundary
    3. region, district, province
    4. ground
    5. (figuratively) sphere, department
    6. opposite, on the other side (e + regione + genitive or dative)

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    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative regiō regiōnēs
    genitive regiōnis regiōnum
    dative regiōnī regiōnibus
    accusative regiōnem regiōnēs
    ablative regiōne regiōnibus
    vocative regiō regiōnēs

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    • “regio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “regio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • regio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • regio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • an inland region; the interior: terra (regio) mediterranea
      • in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum
      • geography: terrarum or regionum descriptio (geographia)
      • geographical knowledge: regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia
      • to entertain, regale a person: accipere aliquem (bene, copiose, laute, eleganter, regio apparatu, apparatis epulis)
      • to reconnoitre the ground: loca, regiones, loci naturam explorare
    • “regio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • regio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
    • “regio”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
    • “regio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
    • Dizionario Latino-Italiano Olivetti Media

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    From Latin rēgius.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈrexjo/ [ˈre.xjo]
    • Rhymes: -exjo
    • Syllabification: re‧gio

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    regio (feminine regia, masculine plural regios, feminine plural regias)

    1. royal, regal
      Synonym: real
    2. (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, El Salvador) stupendous
      Synonyms: bacán, bárbaro, chévere, estupendo, excelente, guay
    3. (Mexico) Monterreyan, born in Monterrey, clipping of regiomontano
      Synonym: regiomontano

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