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Definitions for District

[1] a division of territory, as of a country, state, or county, marked off for administrative, electoral, or other purposes.
[2] a region or locality: the theater district; the Lake District.
[3] British . a subdivision of a county or a town.
[4] the District, the District of Columbia; Washington, D.C.
[5] to divide into districts.
[6] an area of land marked off for administrative or other purposes (as modifier ) district nurse
[7] a locality separated by geographical attributes; region
[8] any subdivision of any territory, region, etc
[9] (in England from 1974 and in Wales 1974–96) any of the subdivisions of the nonmetropolitan counties that elects a council responsible for local planning, housing, rates, etc See also metropolitan district
[10] (in Scotland until 1975) a landward division of a county
[11] (in Scotland 1975–96) any of the subdivisions of the regions that elected a council responsible for environmental health services, housing, etc
[12] any of the 26 areas into which Northern Ireland has been divided since 1973. Elected district councils are responsible for environmental health services, etc
[13] (tr) to divide into districts

Words related to District

sector, commune, neighborhood, locality, parish, region, community, department, precinct, territory, section, parcel, locale, vicinity, turf, ward, quarter, vicinage

Words nearby District

distributive education, distributive law, distributive property, distributor, distributorship, district, district attorney, district council, district court, district court judge, district high school

Origin of District

1605–15; (< F) < Medieval Latin distrīctus exercise of justice, (area of) jurisdiction, derivative of Latin distringere to stretch out (see distrain), equivalent to di- di-2 + strig- (base of stringere to bind, tie) + -tus suffix of verbal action

Other words from District

in·ter·dis·trict , adjective
out·dis·trict , noun
pre·dis·trict , noun

Word origin for District

C17: from Medieval Latin districtus area of jurisdiction, from Latin distringere to stretch out; see distrain

Synonyms for District

commune, community, department, locality, neighborhood, parish, precinct, region, section, sector, territory, locale, parcel, quarter, turf, vicinity, ward, neck of the woods, stomping ground, vicinage