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regio

regio

See also: régio, régió, and regió

English

Noun

regio (plural regiones)

  1. (astronomy, geology) In planetary geology, any of the large areas of a planet or moon that are strongly differentiated in colour or albedo.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreː.ɣi.joː/

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin regio

Noun

regio f (plural regio's or regionen, diminutive regiootje n)

  1. region

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: rè‧gio

Adjective

regio m (feminine singular regia, masculine plural regi, feminine plural regie)

  1. royal

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Latin

Etymology

From regō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈre.ɡi.oː/, [ˈrɛ.ɡi.oː]

Noun

regiō f (genitive regiōnis); third declension

  1. direction, line
  2. boundary line, boundary
  3. region, district, province
  4. (figuratively) sphere, department

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative regiō regiōnēs
genitive regiōnis regiōnum
dative regiōnī regiōnibus
accusative regiōnem regiōnēs
ablative regiōne regiōnibus
vocative regiō regiōnēs

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References

  • regio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • regio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • REGIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “regio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • an inland region; the interior: terra (regio) mediterranea
    • in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum
    • geography: terrarum or regionum descriptio (geographia)
    • geographical knowledge: regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia
    • to entertain, regale a person: accipere aliquem (bene, copiose, laute, eleganter, regio apparatu, apparatis epulis)
    • to reconnoitre the ground: loca, regiones, loci naturam explorare
  • regio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • regio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • regio in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • regio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Adjective

regio m (feminine singular regia, masculine plural regios, feminine plural regias)

  1. royal
  2. (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador) stupendous
  3. (Mexico) Monterreyan, born in Monterrey, short form of regiomontano

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