regional

UK/ˈɹiː.d͡ʒə.nəl//ˈɹi.d͡ʒə.nəl/

regional adjective: of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.

Adjective

regional (not comparable)

Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.
- Near-synonyms: intraregional, locoregional
- regional playoffs
Synonyms:

diatopic, intraregional, locoregional
Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region.
- regional rainfall patterns
- regional language variation
Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body.
- Near-synonym: locoregional
- regional nerve block
Synonyms:

locoregional

Antonyms:

systemic, bodywide
(Australia) Of a state or other geographic area, denoting those parts that are not metropolitan but are somewhat densely populated and usually contain a number of significant towns.
- The new Remoteness Structure covers the whole of Australia and classifies Australia into regions which share common characteristics of remoteness. There are six Remoteness Areas in the Structure: Major Cities of Australia, Inner Regional Australia, Outer Regional Australia, Remote Australia, Very...1988, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year Book Australia, volume Issue 71, page 94
- The wheatlands region stretching across Australia offers a graphic illustration of the processes of social and economic change in rural and regional Australia.2005, Joy McCann, “Chapter 3: History and Memory in Australia′s Wheatlands”, in Graeme Davison, Marc Brodie, editors, Struggle Country: The Rural Ideal in Twentieth-Century Australia, page 03-1

Noun

regional (plural regionals)

An entity or event with scope limited to a single region.
- In the CPE^([Customer Premises Equipment]) market, all seven regionals are selling several sizes of private branch exchanges (PBX) and key systems for smaller customers.1985 March 11, James Connolly, “CPE big item on regionals′ omnivorous market menu”, in Computerworld, page 125
- Regionals are among the fastest growing companies and, as the name implies, are those carriers that for the most part provide service to only one region of the country and generate revenue of under $100 million.2001, Harold L. Vogel, Travel Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis, page 44

regional meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

regional in Hindi

pertaining to a specific region: आंचलिक āñclik, क्षेत्रीय kṣetrīya, प्रादेशिक prādeśik, प्रदेशीय pradeśīya, प्रदेशी pradeśī

regional in Tamil

வட்டார, பிராந்திய

regional in Marathi

pertaining to a specific region: प्रादेशिक prādeśik

regional in Urdu

اقلیمی, علاقائی, طبقاتی

More languagesFewer languages

regional in Bengali: আঞ্চলিক ancolik
regional in Telugu: ప్రాంతీయ
regional in Malayalam: പ്രാദേശിക prādēśika
regional in Kannada: ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ
regional in Punjabi: ਖੇਤਰੀ
regional in Gujarati: પ્રાદેશિક, પ્રદેશિય
regional in Odia: ଆଞ୍ଚଳିକ, କ୍ଷେତ୍ରୀଯ଼
regional in Nepali: क्षेत्रीय, क्षेत्रिय
regional in Tagalog: panrehiyon, rehiyonal, danayin
regional in Arabic: إِقْلِيمِيّ ʔiqlīmiyy, جِهَوِيّ jihawiyy
regional in Malay: serantau
regional in Indonesian: regional
Kashmiri: مَقامی maqāmī, मक़ामी maqāmī

Examples of regional in a sentence

There are six Remoteness Areas in the Structure: Major Cities of Australia, Inner Regional Australia, Outer Regional Australia, Remote Australia, Very Remote Australia and Migratory.1988, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year Book Australia, volume Issue 71, page 94:
Regional magazines are general interest publications for readers who live in a particular area of the country.2006, Franklynn Peterson, Judi Kesselman-Turkel, The Magazine Writer′s Handbook, page 12:

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Synonyms of regional

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of regional

Forms of regional

plural	regionals

Origin of regional

From Middle French régional, from Latin regiōnālis.

Phrases with regional

Questions about regional

What does regional mean?: Regional means of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.
What is regional in Hindi?: Regional in Hindi is आंचलिक (āñclik), क्षेत्रीय (kṣetrīya), प्रादेशिक (prādeśik). See Regional meaning in Hindi.
How do you use regional in a sentence?: There are six Remoteness Areas in the Structure: Major Cities of Australia, Inner Regional Australia, Outer Regional Australia, Remote Australia, Very Remote Australia and Migratory.
What part of speech is regional?: Regional can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce regional?: Regional is pronounced /ˈɹiː.d͡ʒə.nəl/ (UK).

Words near regional in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: regional (page history and authors); regional (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regional (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regional (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regional (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regional (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regional (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regional (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regional (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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