"region" in seven languages
Meaningregion
Spanish
región
/ɾeˈxjon/
fem.learned
French
région
/ʁeʒjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
regione
/reˈdʒone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
região
/heˈʒjɐ̃w/
fem.learned
The -ão looks popular, but região is learned, like nação.
Romanian
regiune
/reˈdʒjune/
fem.learned
Catalan
regió
/rəʒiˈo/
fem.learned
English
region
/ˈɹidʒən/
from Latin/French · Anglo-French regiun, from Latin
English → ItalianregionregioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
REGIŌNEM‘direction, boundary line, district’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
REGIŌ belongs with REGERE 'to steer, rule': first a line or direction, then the area it marked off. All three forms are learned, so the g survives — said x in Spanish, ʒ in French, dʒ in Italian.
English relatives: regional, regime, direct
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In a sentence
- esEsta región produce mucho vino.
- frCette région produit beaucoup de vin.
- itQuesta regione produce molto vino.
- ptEsta região produz muito vinho.
- roAceastă regiune produce mult vin.
- caAquesta regió produeix molt de vi.
- enThis region produces a lot of wine.