Hyphenation of region

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word region? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

re-gion

Definitions of region:

1.	The extended spatial location of something The farming regions of France Religions in all parts of the world Regions of outer space
2.	A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve In the abdominal region
3.	A large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth Penguins inhabit the polar regions
4.	The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') It was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job The price is in the neighborhood of $100
5.	A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about It was a limited realm of discourse Here we enter the region of opinion The realm of the occult

Synonyms of region:

noun	part, location
noun	area, body part
noun	location
noun	neighborhood, indefinite quantity
noun	domain, realm, knowledge domain, knowledge base

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.