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regional

/ˈɹiː.d͡ʒə.nəl/ UK
/ˈɹiːd͡ʒ.nəl/ UK
/ˈɹi.d͡ʒə.nəl/ Canada, US
/ˈɹid͡ʒ.nəl/ Canada, US
/ˈɹiː.d͡ʒə.nəl/ Australia
/ˈɹiː.d͡ʒnəl/ Australia
[ˈɹɪi.d͡ʒə.nəl] Australia
[ˈɹɪid͡ʒ.nəl] Australia
/ˈɹiː.d͡ʒə.nəl/ New Zealand
/ˈɹiːd͡ʒ.nəl/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Middle French régional, from Latin regiōnālis, equivalent to region + -al.

adjective

not comparable Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district. Near-synonyms: intraregional, locoregional
Similar: diatopic, intraregional, locoregional
not comparable Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region. regional rainfall patterns
not comparable Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body. Near-synonym: locoregional
Similar: locoregional · Opposite: systemic, bodywide
Australia, not comparable 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 Re

noun 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: territorial, regionalized, provincial, regionally, territoriality, subnational, regionalism, territory, region, national, district, subregion, subregional, localized, areal, interregional

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Every language

adj pertaining to a specific region

Español	regional
日本語	地域的 chiikiteki
हिन्दी	आंचलिक āñclik, क्षेत्रीय kṣetrīya, प्रादेशिक prādeśik, प्रदेशीय pradeśīya, प्रदेशी pradeśī
Português	regional
Français	régional
Deutsch	regional
Italiano	regionale
Ελληνικά	τοπικός topikós
Русский	региона́льный regionálʹnyj
العربية	إِقْلِيمِيّ ʔiqlīmiyy, جِهَوِيّ jihawiyy

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@misc{regional_2026,
  title = {regional},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/regional},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}