regionals

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

re•gion•al /ˈridʒənəl/   adj. 

1. of or involving a region:
   regional schools.
2. found only in a certain region or regions:
   [before a noun] spoke with a regional accent.
re•gion•al•ly, adv. See -reg-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

re•gion•al  (rē′jə nl), adj. 

1. of or pertaining to a region of considerable extent;
   not merely local:
   a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
2. of or pertaining to a particular region, district, area, or part, as of a country;
   sectional;
   local:
   regional differences in pronunciation.
3. Anatomy of, pertaining to, or localized in a particular area or part of the body.
4. having, exhibiting, or characterized by regionalism:
   He writes regional novels.

n. 

5. Often, regionals. a regional competition or tournament:
   The basketball team won the regionals.
6. a regional company, branch, stock exchange, etc.:
   Regionals are getting stiff competition from the national firms.

• Latin regiōnālis. See region, -al¹
• 1645–55

re′gion•al•ly, adv.