Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.

An administrative subdivision of a city, territory, or country, historically used in rome and the european union, as well as in chile as a subnational region, and in ontario as a county-level municipality.

(figurative) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.

(anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.