marriage noun (TWO PEOPLE) B1 [ C or U ] a legally accepted relationship between two people in which they live together, or the official ceremony that results in this: They had a long and happy marriage. She went to live in another state after the break-up of her marriage. She has two daughters by her first marriage.
Examples of Formal Regions. 1  States-Texas, Florida, South Carolina, etc. 2  Countries-US, Mexico, Canada, etc. 3  Cities-Austin, Dallas, Houston, etc. 4  The area of town where the wealthiest people live. 5  The Sahara Desert of Africa. 6  US city where more than 50% of the residents speak Spanish.
Formal regions are different from functional regions because functional regions often have a focal point, such as a city, that is the center of the region, and the rest of the region is built around that focal point. Examples of functional regions include New York City and Los Angeles. Vernacular regions are developed by ordinary people, often based on their language. Vernacular regions include the American Midwest and South, the Swiss Alps and southern California.