noun
1 area of land/part of a country
ADJECTIVE
▪ large
▪ small
▪ entire , whole
▪ distinct , particular , specific
▪ northern , southern , etc.
▪ central
▪ border , far-flung , outlying , peripheral , remote
▪
oil exploration in remote ~s of the Russian Far East
▪ neighbouring/neighboring , surrounding
▪ unexplored
▪ geographic ( esp. AmE ), geographical
▪ arid , coastal , desert , equatorial , mountain , mountainous , polar , subtropical , tropical
▪ Arctic , Gulf , Himalayan , Mediterranean , Pacific , etc.
▪ autonomous
▪
the autonomous ~s of the People's Republic of China
▪ metropolitan , urban
▪ rural
▪ populated
▪
a sparsely populated ~
▪ economic
▪ developed , industrial
▪ developing
▪ depressed , poor , underdeveloped
▪
the poorer ~s of the continent
▪ prosperous , rich
▪
Italy's richest ~
▪ oil-producing , etc.
▪ troubled
▪
an attempt to bring peace and stability to a troubled ~
VERB + REGION
▪ inhabit , live in , occupy , populate
▪
Nomads have inhabited this ~ for thousands of years.
▪ characterize
▪
This tropical forest ~ is characterized by frequent heavy rainfall.
▪ work in
▪ study , survey
▪ leave
▪ explore , visit
▪ divide sth into
▪
The country is divided into 17 autonomous ~s.
▪ confine sb/sth to
▪
This bird is largely confined to the southern ~s of the country.
REGION + VERB
▪ cover sb/sth
▪
The champagne-producing ~ covers 34 500 hectares.
PREPOSITION
▪ across a/the ~
▪
Sports events across the ~ have been affected by the weather.
▪ from a/the ~
▪
Twenty participants from the Asia-Pacific ~ will be invited to the seminar.
▪ in a/the ~ , within a/the ~
▪
The animal is found in the northern ~s of Sweden.
▪ in the ~ of ( figurative )
▪
She earns in the ~ of (= approximately) £200 000.
▪ throughout a/the ~
▪
The plant is found throughout the western ~s of the country.
PHRASES
▪ sth varies from ~ to ~
▪
Sanitary facilities varied widely from ~ to ~.
2 part of the body
ADJECTIVE
▪ distinct , particular , specific
▪ abdominal , brain , lumbar , etc.
PREPOSITION
▪ from a/the ~
▪
tissue from the mouth ~
▪ in a/the ~ , within a/the ~
▪
cells in a particular ~ of the brain