Regional

/ˈɹiːd͡ʒənəl/ · adjective

Meaning

Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.
2. Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region.
3. Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body.
4. (Australia) 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.
5. An entity or event with scope limited to a single region.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: intraregional, locoregional

regional playoffs

regional rainfall patterns

Near-synonym: locoregional

regional nerve block

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.

The wheatlands region stretching across Australia offers a graphic illustration of the processes of social and economic change in rural and regional Australia.

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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• regionals

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