a politically organized body of people under a single government | people living near one another |
the people who live in a nation or country | a surrounding or nearby region |
the territory occupied by a nation | an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community) |
an area outside of cities and towns | the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') |
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) | |