English → Latin
“region” in Latin
rēgiuskingly, regal, royal (of or pertaining to a king); magnificent, splendid, distinguished (worthy of a king)trahōto drag, pull; to trail; to extract, withdraw, derive, take awayplāgaplague, misfortune; stroke, blow, cut, strike; wound, gash, injuryōsmouth; (in general) head or face; (in general) facial features, countenance, appearanceregiōdirection, line; boundary line, boundary; region, district, provinceparsa part, portion, piece, share; pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...; a party, fraction, sidelocusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; groundscampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field; Any flat or level surface; a specific plain or field north of Rome’s w
The English word region itself goes back to Latin regō, through regiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
region
regio (general term): tractus (in reference to extent; a tract of country): plaga; ora (mostly of regions in the heavens, with or without caeli). Regions, regiones (general term; also tracts of country) partes (parts, districts; also of the heavens): loca (places, usually with an adjective denoting the physical quality of a place; e.g., loca amoena): flat regions, loca patentia; campi (opposed to mountains): in the region of, etc., regione, with a genitive (Vid: Bremi, Suet., Caes., 39); in with an ablative of the name of a town (at, near; e.g., in Philippis; Vid: Benecke, Justin., 11, 5, 12).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for region?
- The usual Latin words for “region” are rēgius, trahō, plāga; also ōs, regiō, pars. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.