Meaning & use
regional
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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