regionality
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- noun
- /ˌriːdʒəˈnælɪti/
:
regionalidad
- A close look at various globalized and exterritorial spaces reveals important processes regarding the making and remaking of old and new regionalities centered on the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean.
- regionality may emerge
Examples
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Mona Abaza (2001) refers to the larger regionality of the Indian Ocean when she traces links all the way to the malls in Southeast Asia (Kuala Lumpur and Singapore).
Academic text (2005) -
The unique regionality of the cuisine reflects the agricultural practices of the area.
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Her problem, she knew from the beginning, was that she lacked regionality.
Fiction book (2002) -
Its regionality has at times been limited to a single city, as is largely the case in Dante.
Academic text (1995) -
There is a need to disentangle ethnicity from regionality.
Academic text (1999) -
The First Mall is also a site in the oil-based regionality centered around the countries of the Persian Gulf.
Academic text (2005) -
With the takeover by the Oberoi Company, the Mena House entered a new regionality of the Indian Ocean.
Academic text (2005) -
This regionality is marked by its Islamic nature and constitutes a specific articulation of a Muslim modernity and Muslim consumerism.
Academic text (2005) -
This is reminiscent of Amitav Ghosh's In an Antique Land (1992), in which he illustrated a medieval Indian Ocean regionality.
Academic text (2005) -
Most importantly, however, the new projects are a terrain where local elites actively negotiate their standing in the context of the nation-state, emerging regionalities, and a globalizing world and economy.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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A strong connection to a particular place or community
Customs and ways that are typical of a region
How Regional
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Regionality comes from the simple word region meaning 'area' or 'part of a country', plus the ending -ity meaning 'the state of'. So, regionality is the 'state of being connected to a specific area', which is why we use it for local dialects, food, or economic differences.