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"region" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often province (8 letters).
Definitions
Area or part of a place.
Word origin
From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.
Used in a sentence
“the equatorial regions”
“the temperate regions”
“the polar regions”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Large area”6 letters
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