English

Noun

regions

1. plural of region
2. (Ireland, Britain, definite: the regions) the rest of the country excluding the capital city or metropolitan region
   • 2000, Emer Hughes, Fair city losing out to the regions, Sunday Business Post 7 November:

     Tom Clancy of Elan Recruitment thinks that staff shortages in the regions could be as severe as in Dublin.

   • 2003, Peter Hetherington, Study points civil servants towards the regions, The Guardian, 10 September:

     Three government departments may be named for a move from London to the regions.

Synonyms

• (rest of the country): the provinces (British)

Anagrams

• ignores

Catalan

Noun

regions

1. plural of regió

Danish

Noun

regions

1. genitive singular indefinite of region

Ladin

Noun

regions

1. plural of region

Swedish

Noun

regions

1. indefinite genitive singular of region