regional English · revision 3885

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=early 15th century|origins=la regiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈriː.dʒᵊn.ᵊl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|regionale]],^(Etymonline) [[bor|la-lat|regiōnālis|t=of a region or province]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|regiō|t=direction, boundary, region]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|regere|t=to direct, rule]].^(Etymonline) It is related to [[region]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of or peculiar to a particular place or country: the early 15th century in Etymonline^(Etymonline) and the 15th century in Merriam-Webster.^(MWU 2024) The OED's first example is from 1654.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of a special part of the body it is from 1861,^(OED 1989) and ''regional metamorphism'' in geology, translating French, from 1859.^(OED 1989) Of a broadcasting region it is from 1929,^(OED 1989) and the BBC's Regional radio service of the 1930s was ''the Regional''.^(OED 1989) The noun, a regional newspaper, stock exchange or branch, is from 1958.^(OED 1989) In British use it also means relating to the regions of a country as opposed to the capital, as in a ''regional accent''.^(COED 2004)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * early 15th century – of a particular place.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1654 – of a region or district.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1859 – ''regional metamorphism''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1861 – of a part of the body.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1929 – of a broadcasting region.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1958 – noun.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a large geographical region.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Of a particular region or district; local.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Of a variety of a language spoken in a particular area, such as a [[dialect]].^(AHD)

+ # ''(British)'' Of the regions rather than the capital: ''a regional accent''.^(COED 2004)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # Something that serves a region, such as a branch or newspaper.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[regionally]]

+ * [[interregional]]

+ * [[regionalism]]

+ * [[regionalize]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[region]]

+ * [[rule]]

+ * [[regent]]

+ * [[regime]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}