Region

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Place; rank; station.

II. Region ·noun The inhabitants of a district.

III. Region ·noun The upper air; the sky; the heavens.

IV. Region ·noun Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere.

V. Region ·noun One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.