地域|ちいきchiiki[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounarea; region; district; locality
   この地域ちいきは雨あめが続つづくでしょう。↗

   This area will continue to be rainy.

• SynonymエリアNeutralLoanword for an area within a certain scope, as in 「サービスエリア」「対象エリア」. It has a relaxed feel and is common in business contexts.
• Synonym区域くいきNeutralAn area marked off by drawn boundaries, as in 「立入禁止区域」. The emphasis is on the bounded range, while 「地域」 is land united by common features.
• Synonym地区ちくNeutralA concrete area, as in 「この地区」「文教地区」; it can also refer to a designated district. Its scope is usually smaller than 「地域」.
• Synonym地方ちほうNeutralA major region of the country, as in 「関東地方」; also the provinces outside the capital and the countryside — a rural sense 「地域」 lacks.
• Synonym領域りょういきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Territory, or a domain of study or activity, as in 「専門領域」; mostly for abstract ranges rather than physical land.
• Synonym一帯いったいNeutralThe whole area around a place, as in 「この辺り一帯」. It stresses one unbroken expanse, and its limits are left vague.
• SynonymゾーンNeutralLoanword for a designated zone such as 「禁煙ゾーン」; it can also mean the state of peak concentration an athlete enters.
• Synonym地帯ちたいNeutralAn area whose parts share one character, as in 「工業地帯」「安全地帯」. The point is that the nature of the land is uniform.
• SynonymリージョンNeutralLoanword seen mostly in IT, for a server's location or disc region codes. In everyday talk about areas, 「地域」 is the word to use.

Use 「地域」 for land united by shared political, economic, cultural or geographic features. Pick 「区域」 for an area enclosed by set boundaries, 「地区」 for a smaller, often designated district, and 「地方」 for a large region or the countryside. 「エリア」 suits commercial talk, 「ゾーン」 a marked-off zone, 「地帯」 land of one character, 「一帯」 a whole stretch.

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1. 政治せいじ・経済けいざい・文化ぶんか・地形ちけいなどで共通きょうつうの特徴とくちょうをもつ、ひとまとまりの土地とち。
2. 区画くかくされた範囲はんいの土地とち。
3. 国くにではあるが、日本にっぽん国こく政府せいふがそれを国家こっかとして承認しょうにんしておらず、国交こっこうを持もっていない土地とち。