Meaning & use

regional

adjective·Everyday

Relating to or typical of a particular geographic area rather than an entire country or the whole world.

See it in a sentence

The bakery is famous for its regional specialty, a spiced bread found only in this valley.

Regional accents can vary greatly even within a fairly small country.

A note on using this word

Regional sits between local and national in scope, describing something shared across a broader area than one town but smaller than a whole country.

Words with a similar meaning

localarea-specific

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Words with an opposite meaning

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