regional
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See also: régional
English
Etymology
From Middle French régional, from Latin regiōnālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
regional (not comparable)
- Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.
- Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region.
- Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body.
- (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.
- 1988, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year Book Australia, volume Issue 71, page 94:
- 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.
- 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:
- The wheatlands region stretching across Australia offers a graphic illustration of the processes of social and economic change in rural and regional Australia.
- 2011, Lee Mylne, Marc Llewellyn, Ron Crittall, Lee Atkinson, Frommer′s Australia 2011, unnumbered page:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to a specific region
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Noun
regional (plural regionals)
- An entity or event with scope limited to a single region.
- 1985 March 11, James Connolly, “CPE big item on regionals′ omnivorous market menu”, in Computerworld, page 125:
- In the CPE[Customer Premises Equipment] market, all seven regionals are selling several sizes of private branch exchanges (PBX) and key systems for smaller customers.
- 2001, Harold L. Vogel, Travel Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis, page 44:
- Regionals are among the fastest growing companies and, as the name implies, are those carriers that for the most part provide service to only one region of the country and generate revenue of under $100 million.
- 2006, Franklynn Peterson, Judi Kesselman-Turkel, The Magazine Writer′s Handbook, page 12:
- Regional magazines are general interest publications for readers who live in a particular area of the country. Most major cities have their own regionals: New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Kansas City, Miami […]
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regiōnālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
regional m or f (masculine and feminine plural regionals)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “regional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “regional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “regional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “regional” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Crimean Tatar
Adjective
regional
References
- Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regiōnālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
regional (strong nominative masculine singular regionaler, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of regional (uncomparable)
Related terms
Further reading
- “regional” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “regional” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “regional” in Duden online
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch regionaal, from French régional, from Latin regionalis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
regional
- regional
- Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.
- Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region.
Synonyms
- (of specific region or district): kedaerahan
- (of large geographic region): serantau (Standard Malay)
Related terms
Further reading
- “regional” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French régional and English regional, from Latin regionalis.
Adjective
regional (masculine and feminine regional, neuter regionalt, definite singular and plural regionale)
References
- “regional” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “regional” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French régional and English regional, from Latin regionalis.
Adjective
regional (neuter regionalt, definite singular and plural regionale)
References
- “regional” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regiōnālis.
Pronunciation
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Adjective
regional m (feminine singular regionala, masculine plural regionals, feminine plural regionalas)
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regiōnālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
regional m or f (plural regionais)
- regional (pertaining or limited to a specific region)
Derived terms
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Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French régional. By surface analysis, regiune + -al.
Adjective
regional m or n (feminine singular regională, masculine plural regionali, feminine and neuter plural regionale)
Declension
Declension of regional
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | regional | regională | regionali | regionale | ||
| definite | regionalul | regionala | regionalii | regionalele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | regional | regionale | regionali | regionale | ||
| definite | regionalului | regionalei | regionalilor | regionalelor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regiōnālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
regional m or f (masculine and feminine plural regionales)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “regional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
Adjective
regional (not comparable)
- regional; pertaining to a region or regions
Declension
| Inflection of regional | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | regional | — | — |
| Neuter singular | regionalt | — | — |
| Plural | regionala | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | regionale | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | regionale | — | — |
| All | regionala | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||