regionalityn.
/ˌriːdʒəˈnalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌridʒəˈnælədi/ Regional nature or character.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > quality of
regionality1918
1918 W. H. Moore Clash! x. 183 Languages also became regional. So ran the course towards regionality and nationality.
1941 Sci. Monthly 53 247/1 Regionality shows up strongly in the spot-map of tuberculosis.
1976 Amer. Speech 1973 48 282 For obvious reasons, the concept of ‘regionality’ in regard to language is a pre~occupation of the editors of the Dictionary of American Regional English.
2001 S. Walton You heard it through Grapevine ii. 24 Regionality in wine is itself somewhat of a vexed issue these days.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1918- to look back
- to look back to
- to look backward
- to look backwards
- to look beside
- to look beyond
- to look black
- to look blank
- to look blue
- to look both ways for sunday
- to look down
- to look down on
- to look down one's nose
- to look down one's nose at
- to look down upon
- to look downward
- to look downwards
- to look etc ways for sunday
- to look feel like something the cat has brought in
- to know a hawk from a handsaw
- to know a hawk from a hernshaw
- to know a move or two
- to know a person a thing or two
- to know a person by her company
- to know a person by his company