Regions
Pronunciation
Noun
plural
- Plural of region
- (Ireland, British, definite: the regions) the rest of the country excluding the capital city or metropolitan region
- 2000, Emer Hughes, Fair city losing out to the regions, Sunday Business Post 7 November:Tom Clancy of Elan Recruitment thinks that staff shortages in the regions could be as severe as in Dublin.
- 2003, Peter Hetherington, Study points civil servants towards the regions, The Guardian, 10 September:Three government departments may be named for a move from London to the regions.
Synonyms
- (rest of the country) the provinces British