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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
subregion

also sub-region, 1830, from sub- + region (n.). Related: Subregional.\n

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subregion

n. A region that is part of a larger region.

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Subregion

A subregion is a part of a larger region or continent and is usually based on location. Cardinal directions, such as south or southern, are commonly used to define a subregion.

Subregion (country subdivision)

A subregion or sub-region is a designation for a country subdivision in some countries.

Usage examples of "subregion".

Even though the Deutsche were defeated, the superstitiously fanatical Big Uglies of this subregion remained in a simmering state of revolt against the Race.

In fact, I am given to understand that this process has already begun in the subregion of the main continental mass called India.

The farmers in the subregion of the greater continental mass called India have a genuine grievance against us: there, our plants compete successfully against those they are used to growing.

After that, he had to deal with minutiae: the eternal rebellion in China, the equally eternal rebellion in India, a new outbreak in the subregion of the southern part of the lessen continental mass called Argentina.

A leader of the members of the Jewish superstition in the subregion called Poland.

His crimes include some in the subregion known as South Africa in which members of the Race fired on one another in pursuit of ginger.

I am facing a serious uprising in the subregion of the main continental mass called China.

Khomeini, this whole subregion will go on bubbling and boiling like a pot over too high a fire.

Do you admit, then, that you have provided these to the rebels, in violation of agreements stating that the subregion known as China rightfully belongs to the Race?

Atvar studied a map of the subregion of the main continental mass called China.

Along with India, which presents its own problems, China is the subregion that reminds me most urgently of how many Big Uglies there are, and how few of us.

I have not been involved with affairs in this subregion, you will understand, but I did review the record before making arrangements for this interview.

The Big Uglies in that subregion find their Tosevite neighbors more unpleasant than they find us, and so look to us to protect them against those neighbors.

I would be tempted to return to the Nipponese the subregion known as China.

Moreover, they are sweets from the subregion of the main continental mass called China.