regional

The definition of regional is something related to, taking place in or characteristic of a given geographic location.

(adjective)

An accent shared by people in the Boston area is an example of a regional accent.

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See regional in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. of a whole region, not just a locality
  2. of some particular region, district, etc.; local; sectional

noun

something extending over or representing a region or regions: a statewide basketball tournament consisting of several regionals

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See regional in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Of or relating to a large geographic region.
  2. Of or relating to a particular region or district.
  3. Of or affecting a region of the body: regional pain.
  4. Of or characteristic of a form of a language that is distributed in identifiable geographic areas and differs in pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary from the standard form; dialectal.
noun
Something, such as a magazine or a company branch, that serves a region: “earlier attempts to launch glossy regionals for women” (Business Week).

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  • reˈgion·al·ly adverb

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