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region 1. an area considered as a unit for geographical, functional, social, or cultural reasons 2. an administrative division of a country 3. (in Scotland from 1975 until 1996) any of the nine territorial divisions into which the mainland of Scotland was divided for purposes of local government; replaced in 1996 by council areas region [′rē·jən] (computer science) A group of machine addresses which refer to a base address. (mathematics) The union of an open connected set with a subset of its boundary points (which may be the entire boundary or the empty set). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crisped and sere -- The leaves they were withering and sere; It was night in the lonesome October Of my most immemorial year: It was hard by the dim lake of Auber, In the misty mid region of Weir: -- It was down by the dank tarn of Auber, In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir. Virtually, the whole of this immense region is a plain. "Blindfold me," said Sancho; "as you won't let me commend myself or be commended to God, is it any wonder if I am afraid there is a region of devils about here that will carry us off to Peralvillo? |
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