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district^¹

/ˈdɪstɹɪkt/
/ˈdiːstɹɪkt/ nonstandard, obsolete

Rhymes with -ɪstɹɪkt

Where it comes from

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.

noun districts

An administrative division of an area. Soho is a district of London
An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature. the Lake District in Cumbria
UK An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough. South Oxfordshire District Council
A specific, usually named area of the coalface where particular seams are worked.

verb districts · districting · districted

transitive To divide into administrative or other districts. A county districted for voting purposes.

adjective more district · most district

obsolete rigorous; stringent; harsh punishing with the rod of district severity

District^²

proper noun the District

informal, with determiner The District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States.
with determiner Any of numerous governmental districts.
The District Line of the London Underground, originally known as the District Railway. The District seems complacently salubrious. It is green on the Tube map, an inoffensive colour. It has not one but two bridge crossings of the Thames, which seems greedy when you think that no other [underground] line has even one.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: territory, local, zone, subdistrict, cantonal, province, regionally, arrondissement, region, provincial, governorate, commune, municipal, regional, prefecture, precinct

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noun administrative division

Español	distrito
한국어	지구 jigu
日本語	郭 kuruwa, 地区 chiku, 区 ku
中文	區域 /区域 qūyù, 區 /区 qū
हिन्दी	संभाग sambhāg, ज़िला zilā, जिला jilā, जनपद janpad, डिस्ट्रिक्ट ḍisṭrikṭ
Português	distrito
Français	district
Deutsch	Bezirk, Kreis, Landkreis, Stadtteil, Stadtviertel, Distrikt
Italiano	distretto, municipio
Ελληνικά	δήμος dímos
Română	district, raion, județ
Русский	райо́н rajón, о́круг ókrug, о́бласть óblastʹ, ди́стрикт dístrikt, дистри́кт distríkt
Tiếng Việt	quận, quận hạt, địa hạt, hạt, địa khu, khu
العربية	مُقَاطَعَة muqāṭaʕa, مُدِيرِيَّة mudīriyya
עברית	מָחוֹז makhóz

noun area or region

한국어	지방 jibang, 구역 guyeok
日本語	地方 chihō, 地域 chiiki
中文	地區 /地区 dìqū
Kiswahili	wilaya
Português	distrito, região, zona
Italiano	distretto
Ελληνικά	περιοχή periochí
Română	regiune, district
Русский	райо́н rajón, уча́сток učástok, о́бласть óblastʹ
العربية	مِنْطَقَة minṭaqa

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@misc{district_2026,
  title = {district},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/district},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}