Areas (7)
I believe the answer is:
regions
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">areas</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('region' can be a synonym of 'area')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for regions that I've seen before include "Extended areas" , "Ignores (anag.)" , "Parts of the country" , "Domains" , "patches" .)