REGION

[noun] [C] - a particular area or part (of the world, of the body, etc.) or any of the large official areas into which a country is dividedthe semi-desert regions of Australiathe Birmingham regionSarah is responsible for the company's sales in the northern region.He said he had sharp pains in the stomach region/the region of the stomach.They estimate that the temperature yesterday was (somewhere) in the region of (= approximately) -30°C.