Definition of district District

/dɪˈstɹɪkt/ - [distrikt] - dis•trict

We found 12 definitions of district from 6 different sources.

What does district mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: districts
district - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
		territory, territorial dominion, dominion
		region a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"
		administrative district, administrative division, territorial division a district defined for administrative purposes
		border district, borderland, marchland, march district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area; "the Welsh marches between England and Wales"
		city district a district of a town or city
		congressional district a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives
		development act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development"
		enclave an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
		palatinate a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine
		residential area, residential district, community a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
		goldfield a district where gold is mined
		jurisdiction in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
		mandatory, mandate the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
		associated state, protectorate a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty
		possession anything owned or possessed
		trust territory, trusteeship a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations
		british east africa the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar
		british west africa the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast

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Wiktionary

district (Noun)
An administrative division of an area.
district (Noun)
An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
district (Verb)
To divide into administrative or other districts.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

district (a.)
Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
district (n.)
The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
district (n.)
A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.
district (n.)
Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
district (v. t.)
To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

district
dis′trikt, n. a portion of territory defined for political, judicial, educational, or other purposes (as a registration district, a militia district, the District of Columbia): a region.—v.t. to divide into districts. [Fr.,—L. districtus—distringĕre, to draw tight.]

Wikipedia

A district is a local government area. Some of the countries districts are used in are Austria, Belgium, China, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Portugal, Switzerland, the United States, and many more.