regionaladj/ˈɹiː.d͡ʒə.nəl/

• 1

  Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.

  • Near-synonyms: intraregional, locoregional
  • regional playoffs
• 2

  Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region.

  • regional rainfall patterns
• 3

  Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body.

  • Near-synonym: locoregional
  • regional nerve block
• 4

  Of a state or other geographic area, denoting those parts which are not metropolitan, but are somewhat densely populated and usually contain a number of significant towns.

  • The new Remoteness Structure covers the whole of Australia and classifies Australia into regions which share common characteristics of remoteness. There are six Remoteness Areas in the Structure: Major Cities of Australia, Inner Regional Australia, Outer Regional Australia, Remote Australia, Very Remote Australia and Migratory.
  • The wheatlands region stretching across Australia offers a graphic illustration of the processes of social and economic change in rural and regional Australia.

regionalnoun/ˈɹiː.d͡ʒə.nəl/

• 1

  An entity or event with scope limited to a single region.

  • In the CPE^([Customer Premises Equipment]) market, all seven regionals are selling several sizes of private branch exchanges (PBX) and key systems for smaller customers.
  • Regionals are among the fastest growing companies and, as the name implies, are those carriers that for the most part provide service to only one region of the country and generate revenue of under $100 million.