English Noun administrative region (plural administrative regions) A type of region in some countries. Any of the 31 populated places in Federal District (Distrito Federal), Brazil, which are officially designated as administrative regions. Derived terms special administrative region Translations type of region Chinese: Mandarin: 行政區域 / 行政区域 (zh) (xíngzhèng qūyù), 行政區 / 行政区 (zh) (xíngzhèngqū) Dutch: administratieve regio f, bestuurlijke regio f Finnish: hallinnollinen alue, hallintoalue (fi) See also Category:Administrative regions on Wiktionary. List of administrative regions in Federal District on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.