regionalchallenge
nounUK /ˈriːdʒənəl ˈtʃælɪndʒ/
US /ˈriːdʒənəl ˈtʃælɪndʒ/
A regional challenge is a hard problem that people in one area of a country must solve together.
The town's regional challenge was finding enough clean water for everyone.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A competition between teams from the same part of a country.
Our school won the regional challenge in the science contest.
3. A task given to a group that works in a certain area.
The regional challenge asked the team to map all the rivers in the county.
4. A problem that affects only one part of a larger place.
The storm created a regional challenge for farmers in the north.