DISTRICT Definition & Meaning

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district

[ dis-trikt ]

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noun

a division of territory, as of a country, state, or county, marked off for administrative, electoral, or other purposes.
a region or locality:
the theater district; the Lake District.
British. a subdivision of a county or a town.
the District, the District of Columbia; Washington, D.C.

verb (used with object)

to divide into districts.

district

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noun

1. an area of land marked off for administrative or other purposes
2. ( as modifier )
  district nurse
a locality separated by geographical attributes; region
any subdivision of any territory, region, etc
(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
(in Scotland until 1975) a landward division of a county
(in Scotland 1975–96) any of the subdivisions of the regions that elected a council responsible for environmental health services, housing, etc
any of the 26 areas into which Northern Ireland has been divided since 1973. Elected district councils are responsible for environmental health services, etc

verb

tr to divide into districts

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Other �y��vlog Forms

��t��·�徱��t�� adjective
�ǳܳ�d��t�� noun
��·�徱��t�� noun

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of district¹

First recorded in 1605–15; from French, from Medieval Latin �徱��ٰ�ī��ٳܲ� “exercise of justice, restraining of offenders,” derivative of Latin distringere “to stretch out; detain, occupy,” equivalent to di- suffix of separation + strig- (base of stringere “to bind, tie”) + -tus suffix of verbal action; distrain, di- ²

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of district¹

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

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Representatives from the mayor’s and the city district attorney’s offices did not respond to inquiries.

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Before she became vice president, Harris served as the San Francisco district attorney and California’s attorney general, and also in 2016 was elected to the U.S.

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But his bail was set at $25,000, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

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Overnight, at least 12 people were killed when several homes in Gaza City's eastern Shejaiya district were struck, the Civil Defence said.

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“The escalation from targeting a testifying witness to making a direct death threat against the elected district attorney of Fulton County is a grave and unprecedented attack on the justice system,” the motion said.

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