how to pronounce région

/ʁe.ʒjɔ̃/

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région is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of région in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… dans 20 sur de ma région y avait pas de …”

meanings of région

noun:

Region; area.
A political subdivision of France and some other Francophone countries, bigger than a département.

région frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word région occurs in french on average 120.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.