Region

Region - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

REGION, n. re'jun. [L. regio, rego.]

1. A tract of land or space of indefinite extent, usually a tract of considerable extent. It is sometimes nearly synonymous with country; as all the region of Argob. Deu 3.

He had dominion over all the region on this side the river. 1 Ki 4.

So we speak of the airy region, the etherial regions, the upper regions, the lower regions.

2. The inhabitants of a region or district of country. Mat 3.

3. A part of the body; as the region of the heart or liver.

4. Place; rank.

He is of too high a region. [Unusual.]