region
noun
[ ˈriːdʒ(ə)n ]
• an area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
• "the equatorial regions"
• a part of the body, especially around or near an organ.
• "the lumbar region"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin regio(n- ) ‘direction, district’, from regere ‘to rule, direct’.
