regio

Latin

regio (plural regiones)

1. (astronomy, geology) In planetary geology, any of the large areas of a planet or moon that are strongly differentiated in colour or albedo.

• orgie

Borrowed from Latin regio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː.ɣi.oː/

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• Hyphenation: re‧gio
• Rhymes: -eːɣioː

regio f (plural regio's or regionen, diminutive regiootje n)

1. region

• gebied

• woonregio

• regionaal

• groei

• Hyphenation: rè‧gio
• Rhymes: -ɛdʒo

regio (feminine singular regia, masculine plural regi, feminine plural regie)

1. royal

• reale, regale

• erigo
• orgie

From regō +‎ -iō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ɡi.oː/, [ˈrɛ.ɡi.oː]

regiō f (genitive regiōnis); third declension

1. direction, line
2. boundary line, boundary
3. region, district, province
4. ground
5. (figuratively) sphere, department

Third declension.

• cuius regiō, eius religiō
• ē regiōne
• regiōnālis
• regiōnāliter
• regiōnātim

• Italian: rione
• Old French: royon, reiun, rëon
• Old Occitan: reion
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Ladin: raion
• Venetian: rejon

Borrowings

• regio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• regio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• regio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• regio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • an inland region; the interior: terra (regio) mediterranea
    
  • in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum
    
  • geography: terrarum or regionum descriptio (geographia)
    
  • geographical knowledge: regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia
    
  • to entertain, regale a person: accipere aliquem (bene, copiose, laute, eleganter, regio apparatu, apparatis epulis)
    
  • to reconnoitre the ground: loca, regiones, loci naturam explorare
    
• regio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• regio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• regio in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• regio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From Latin rēgius.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrexjo/

regio (feminine singular regia, masculine plural regios, feminine plural regias)

1. royal
2. (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador) stupendous
3. (Mexico) Monterreyan, born in Monterrey, short form of regiomontano

• (royal): real
• (stupendous): bacán, bárbaro, chévere, estupendo, excelente, guay
• (Monterreyan): regiomontano

• agua regia

• real
• reino
• rey

• “regio” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.