# district
## English
### 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.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: dĭs′trĭkt, IPA: /ˈdɪstɹɪkt/
* Hyphenation: dis‧trict
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪstɹɪkt

### Noun

district (plural districts)
* An administrative division of an area.
** 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’
    the Soho 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
* (mining) A specific, usually named area of the coalface where particular seams are worked.

#### Derived terms

* burned-over district
* business district
* central business district
* congressional district
* district attorney
* district cooling
* district heating
* districthood
* District I
* District II
* District III
* District IV
* districtlike
* district manager
* district nurse
* districtwide
* districtwise
* Doddington and District
* ecodistrict
* electoral district
* federal district
* financial district
* gay district
* historic district
* interdistrict
* intradistrict
* Lake District
* Marbury and District
* microdistrict
* minidistrict
* multidistrict
* Northern District
* on the district
* out-district
* Peak District
* red-light district
* rural sanitary district
* sanitary district
* school district
* settled district
* Shocklach Oviatt and District
* Stainland and District
* subdistrict
* urban district
* urban sanitary district
* Yeovilton and District

#### Related terms

* districtual

#### Descendants

* → Luganda: disitulikit

#### Translations

Afrikaans: distrik (af)
Albanian: rreth (sq) m, rajon (sq) m
Arabic: مُقَاطَعَة f (muqāṭaʕa), مُدِيرِيَّة f (mudīriyya)
Armenian: գավառ (hy) (gavaṙ)
Azerbaijani: nahiyə (az), rayon (az)
Bavarian: Beziak, Landgreis, Kroas
Belarusian: раён m (rajón), акру́га f (akrúha)
Bengali: জেলা (bn) (jela)
Bulgarian: о́кръг (bg) m (ókrǎg), око́лия (bg) f (okólija)
Burmese: ခရိုင် (my) (hka.ruing)
Catalan: comarca (ca) f, districte (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 區域 / 区域 (zh) (qūyù), 區 / 区 (zh) (qū) (county-level urban divisions)
Coptic: ⲕⲁϩ f (kah), ⲑⲱϣ m (thōš), ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ m (nomos)
Corsican: distrettu
Czech: čtvrť (cs) f (part of town), okres (cs) m, kraj (cs) m (part of state)
Danish: distrikt (da) n
Dutch: district (nl) n
Dzongkha: རྫོང་ཁག (rdzong khag)
Egyptian: (wꜥrt f), (spꜣt f)
Esperanto: distrikto, kvartalo
Estonian: ringkond, rajoon
Finnish: alue (fi), piiri (fi)
French: district (fr)
Galician: distrito m
Georgian: უბანი (ka) (ubani), რაიონი (raioni), მხარე (mxare), ოლქი (olki)
German: Bezirk (de) m, Kreis (de) m, Landkreis (de) m, Stadtteil (de) m (city), Stadtviertel (de) n (city), Distrikt (de) m, Stadtbezirk (de) m (city)
Rhine Franconian: Londkrääs (Palatine)
Greek: δήμος (el) m (dímos)
Hebrew: מָחוֹז (he) m (makhóz)
Hindi: ज़िला m (zilā), जिला (hi) m (jilā), जनपद (hi) m (janpad), डिस्ट्रिक्ट (hi) m (ḍisṭrikṭ)
Hungarian: kerület (hu), körzet (hu), járás (hu)
Ido: distrikto (io)
Indonesian: distrik (id)
Irish: ceantar m
Italian: distretto (it) m, municipio (it) m (city district)
Japanese: 郭 (ja) (くるわ, kuruwa), 地区 (ja) (ちく, chiku), 区 (ja) (く, ku)
Kazakh: аудан (kk) (audan)
Khmer: ស្រុក (km) (srok)
Korean: 지구(地區) (ko) (jigu)
Kyrgyz: оодан (oodan)
Ladin: raion m
Latin: pāgus (la) m
Latvian: novads m, rajons m
Lithuanian: apylinkė f (city), rajonas (lt) m
Macedonian: округ m (okrug)
Malay: daerah (ms)
Malayalam: ജില്ല (ml) (jilla)
Marathi: जिल्हा (mr) m (jilhā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: distrikt (no) n
Nynorsk: distrikt n
Occitan: districte m
Oromo: aanaa (om)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: ناحِیِه (fa) (nâhiye), بَخْش (fa) (baxš)
Plautdietsch: Kjreiss m
Polish: dzielnica (pl) f, dystrykt (pl) m
Portuguese: distrito (pt)
Romanian: district (ro) n, raion (ro) n, județ (ro) n
Russian: райо́н (ru) m (rajón), о́круг (ru) m (ókrug), о́бласть (ru) f (óblastʹ), ди́стрикт (ru) m (dístrikt), дистри́кт (ru) m (distríkt) (USA and some other English-speaking countries)
Scots: destrict
Scottish Gaelic: sgìre f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ко̏та̄р m
Roman: kȍtār (sh) m
Slovak: štvrť f, okres (sk) m
Slovene: okraj m, okrožje n
Spanish: distrito (es)
Sranan Tongo: distrikti
Swabian: Landchrais
Swedish: distrikt (sv) n
Tajik: ноҳия (nohiya), маҳалла (mahalla), гузар (guzar)
Tamil: மாவட்டம் (ta) (māvaṭṭam)
Telugu: జిల్లా (te) (jillā)
Thai: อำเภอ (th) (am-pəə), (Bangkok) เขต (th) (kèet)
Turkish: ilçe (tr)
Turkmen: raýon, etrap
Ukrainian: о́круг (uk) (ókruh), райо́н (uk) (rajón), дільни́ця f (dilʹnýcja)
Urdu: ضِلَع m (zila')
Uzbek: nohiya (uz), okrug (uz), rayon (uz)
Vietnamese: quận (vi) (郡), quận hạt, địa hạt (vi), hạt (vi), địa khu, khu (vi)
Yiddish: שטח m (shetekh) :
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### Verb

district (third-person singular simple present districts, present participle districting, simple past and past participle districted)
* (transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.

#### Derived terms

* redistrict

#### Translations
### Adjective

district (comparative more district, superlative most district)
* (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
** 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:punishing with the rod of district severity

### Further reading

* “district”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “district”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “district”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch district, from Middle French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringō, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪsˈtrɪkt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dis‧trict
* Rhymes: -ɪkt

### Noun

district n (plural districten, diminutive districtje n)
* district

#### Derived terms

* kiesdistrict

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: distrik
* Negerhollands: distrikt
* → Caribbean Javanese: dhistrikan, pendhistrikan
* → Indonesian: distrik

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin districtus. Doublet of détroit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dis.tʁikt/, /dis.tʁik/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

district m (plural districts)
* district

### Further reading

* “district”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringō, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).

### Noun

district m (plural districts)
* (Jersey) district

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French district.

### Noun

district n (plural districte)
* district