District Definition
dĭstrĭkt
districts
noun
districts
A geographical or political division made for a specific purpose.
A school district.
Webster's New World
Any region; part of a country, city, etc.
The business district.
Webster's New World
A geographical subdivision of a county, municipality, or similar entity, for political, judicial, or administrative ends; for example, a court district (in which a particular court has jurisdiction over certain matters arising within the borders or pertaining to people who live there) or a voting district (where all the franchised inhabitants are required to vote at a particular polling station).
Webster's New World Law
pronoun
(with determiner, informal) The District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States.
Wiktionary
(with determiner, mostly local usage) Any of numerous governmental districts.
Wiktionary
Origin of District
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French from Old French from Medieval Latin districtus from Latin past participle of distringere to hinder distrain
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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