regiun

Old French

Alternative forms

region, regioun, regïun (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiōnem. Compare the inherited forms royon, reiun, rëon.

Pronunciation

(classical) IPA^(key): /reˈdʒjun/
(late) IPA^(key): /reˈʒjun/

Noun

regiun oblique singular, f (oblique plural regiuns, nominative singular regiun, nominative plural regiuns)

region (geographical location)

Descendants

Middle French: region
- French: région
  - → Romanian: regiune
→ Middle English: regioun, region, regyoun, regyown, regyoyn, regyun, regyon, regyone, regeowne
- English: region
- Scots: region

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