Definitions for subregion

subregion sub·re·gion

Spelling: [suhb-ree-juh n]
IPA: /ˈsʌbˌri dʒən/

Subregion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 606 anagrams from letters in subregion (beginorsu).

Definitions for subregion

noun

  1. a division or subdivision of a region, especially a division of a zoogeographical region.

Origin of subregion

First recorded in 1860-65; sub- + region

Examples for subregion

Subprovince, sub′prov-ins, n. a prime division of a province: in zoogeography, a division subordinate to a subregion.

The natural division of the subregion is that into an African and a Madagascar province.

(c) The Patagonian or Fuegian subregion being almost identical.

Having shown this much we have next to deal with the peculiarities of the vast Palaearctic subregion.

The Rhea is, above all other birds, a most characteristic representative of the Avifauna of the Patagonian subregion.

Word Value for subregion
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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