district
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪstɹɪkt/
The English word “district” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- An administrative division of an area.
- An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
- An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
- A specific, usually named area of the coalface where particular seams are worked.
verb
- To divide into administrative or other districts.
adjective
Etymology
From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”). Doublet of Detroit.
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