regional origin

collocation in English

meaningsofregionalandorigin

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regional
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.dʒən.əl/us
/ˈriː.dʒən.əl/
relating to or coming from a particular part of ...
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origin
noun
uk
/ˈɒr.ɪ.dʒɪn/us
/ˈɔːr.ə.dʒɪn/
the beginning or cause ...
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(Definition ofregionalandoriginfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofregional origin

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Unfortunately those ideas have not always been ofregionalorigin.
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Surnames and phenotypes may sometimes be used as indicators of ethnic orregionalorigin.
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That said, the indirectness of the relationship between the textual evidence andregionaloriginshould not be overstated.
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We wanted the best candidate to win regardless ofregionalorigin.
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Programmes on television must be justified by their quality, and not by theirregionalorigin.
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Significant factor groups include grammatical function and features of the preceding and following segments, as well as a range of social constraints including age,regionalorigin, and language background.
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An explicit reference toregionaloriginor other specific information would excessively limit the scope of the regulation.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
There is no reason why the showing of programmes of aregionaloriginon a national basis should not happen from the outset.
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Furthermore, honey filtering, which destroys genetic fingerprints so that itsregionalorigincan no longer be identified, should be absolutely banned.
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Other 12 are misunderstandings, referring to national orregionalorigin("francesa, italiana, baiana, cearense").
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The numbers are issued at a national level and give no indication ofregionalorigin.
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Martial arts can be grouped by type or focus, or alternatively byregionalorigin.
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Subjects were asked to identify theregionaloriginof a speaker after listening to a voice samples.
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When a whole group of people are discriminated against and demonized because of their religion orregionalorigin, that's racism.
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