Region
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union. Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward. The inhabitants of a region or district of a country. A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated. Place; rank; station; dignity. The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
Example sentence: Israel is a lighthouse and the only democracy in a dark and tyrannical region. It's part of us, of our European identity.
Neighborhood
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The quality of being a neighbor, living nearby, next to each-otherA nearby area.The inhabitants of a residential area.An approximate amount.The quality of physical proximity.The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.The neighborhood of a point x is a set containing an open set which contains point x.
Example sentence: With my childhood, it's a wonder I'm not psychotic. I was the little Jewish boy in the non-Jewish neighborhood. It was a little like being the first Negro enrolled in the all-white school. I grew up in libraries and among books, without friends.