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.
This makes them a formal region with 8.7 million people. It makes them a region with not only the country of Sweden, but also Finland, because that is also their official language. Sweden is part of this region because it is the language they speak. Functional A functional region of Sweden is Stockholm and it's suburbs. The city has an official 26 suburbs. The city makes up 22% of Sweden's population and is the biggest city in Scandinavia. This is definitely the biggest city in Sweden, but also it's biggest and arguably most active region. Perceptual