"regional" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹiːd͡ʒənəl/, /ˈɹiːd͡ʒnəl/ Audio: en-us-regional.ogg [US], en-au-regional.ogg [Australia]
enPR: rē′jənəl Etymology: From Middle French régional, from Latin regiōnālis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{bor|en|frm|régional}} Middle French régional, {{der|en|la|regiōnālis}} Latin regiōnālis Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} regional (not comparable)
  1. Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district. Tags: not-comparable Translations (pertaining to a specific region): إِقْلِيمِيّ (ʔiqlīmiyy) (Arabic), جِهَوِيّ (jihawiyy) (Arabic), տարածաշրջանային (taracašrǰanayin) (Armenian), rexonal (Asturian), рэгіяна́льны (rehijanálʹny) (Belarusian), আঞ্চলিক (ancolik) (Bengali), региона́лен (regionálen) (Bulgarian), местен (mesten) (Bulgarian), regional (Catalan), regionální (Czech), oblastní (Czech), regionaal (Dutch), gewestelijk (Dutch), piirkondlik (Estonian), rehional (Extremaduran), alueellinen (Finnish), régional (French), rexional (Galician), რეგიონული (regionuli) (Georgian), regional (German), τοπικός (topikós) (Greek), regionális (Hungarian), területi (Hungarian), térségi (Hungarian), helyközi (english: transit) (Hungarian), regional (Indonesian), regionale (Italian), 地域的 (chiikiteki) (alt: ちいきてき) (Japanese), مَقامی (maqāmī) (Kashmiri), मक़ामी (maqāmī) (Kashmiri), аймақтық (aimaqtyq) (Kazakh), serantau (Malay), പ്രാദേശിക (prādēśika) (Malayalam), ardjynagh (Manx), प्रादेशिक (prādeśik) (Marathi), regional (Norwegian Bokmål), regional (Norwegian Nynorsk), regional (Occitan), regionalny (Polish), regional (Portuguese), региона́льный (regionálʹnyj) (Russian), regionálny (Slovak), regional (Spanish), regional (Swedish), panrehiyon (Tagalog), rehiyonal (Tagalog), danayin [neologism] (Tagalog), регіона́льний (rehionálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-regional-en-adj-QMCQB58D Disambiguation of 'pertaining to a specific region': 62 37 0 1
  2. Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-regional-en-adj-3T3q2liB
  3. Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-regional-en-adj-jL9K7ykC
  4. (Australia) Of a state or other geographic area, those parts which are not metropolitan, but are somewhat densely populated and usually contain a number of significant towns. Tags: Australia, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-regional-en-adj-PG4x55TU Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 6 1 70 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹiːd͡ʒənəl/, /ˈɹiːd͡ʒnəl/ Audio: en-us-regional.ogg [US], en-au-regional.ogg [Australia] Forms: regionals [plural]
enPR: rē′jənəl Etymology: From Middle French régional, from Latin regiōnālis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{bor|en|frm|régional}} Middle French régional, {{der|en|la|regiōnālis}} Latin regiōnālis Head templates: {{en-noun}} regional (plural regionals)
  1. An entity or event with scope limited to a single region.
    Sense id: en-regional-en-noun-YRN33RFN

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
          "word": "რეგიონული"
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aimaqtyq",
          "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
          "word": "аймақтық"
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "prādēśika",
          "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
          "word": "പ്രാദേശിക"
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          "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
          "word": "ardjynagh"
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          "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "regionálʹnyj",
          "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
          "word": "региона́льный"
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
          "word": "panrehiyon"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
          "word": "rehiyonal"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
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          "word": "danayin"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rehionálʹnyj",
          "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
          "word": "регіона́льний"
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          "ref": "1988, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year Book Australia, volume Issue 71, page 94",
          "text": "The new Remoteness Structure covers the whole of Australia and classifies Australia into regions which share common characteristics of remoteness. There are six Remoteness Areas in the Structure: Major Cities of Australia, Inner Regional Australia, Outer Regional Australia, Remote Australia, Very Remote Australia and Migratory.",
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Joy McCann, “Chapter 3: History and Memory in Australia′s Wheatlands”, in Graeme Davison, Marc Brodie, editors, Struggle Country: The Rural Ideal in Twentieth-Century Australia, page 03-1",
          "text": "The wheatlands region stretching across Australia offers a graphic illustration of the processes of social and economic change in rural and regional Australia.",
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          "ref": "2011, Lee Mylne, Marc Llewellyn, Ron Crittall, Lee Atkinson, Frommer′s Australia 2011, unnumbered page",
          "text": "HEMA produces four-wheel-drive and motorbike road atlases and many regional four-wheel-drive maps—good if you plan to go off the trails—an atlas of Australia′s national parks, and maps to Kakadu and Lamington national parks.",
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          "ref": "2001, Harold L. Vogel, Travel Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis, page 44",
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      "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
      "word": "আঞ্চলিক"
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      "word": "რეგიონული"
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      "word": "地域的"
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      "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
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      "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
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      "roman": "prādēśika",
      "sense": "pertaining to a specific region",
      "word": "പ്രാദേശിക"
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          "ref": "2001, Harold L. Vogel, Travel Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis, page 44",
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          "ref": "2006, Franklynn Peterson, Judi Kesselman-Turkel, The Magazine Writer′s Handbook, page 12",
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