district
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
mining
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.
Base: stringo
Affixes: dis-
Inflected forms:
form: districts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: districts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: districting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: districted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: districted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An administrative division of an area.
pos: noun
examples: Soho is a district of London
‘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.[…]’
gloss: An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
pos: noun
examples: the Lake District in Cumbria
gloss: An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: South Oxfordshire District Council
gloss: A specific, usually named area of the coalface where particular seams are worked.
pos: noun
gloss: To divide into administrative or other districts.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A county districted for voting purposes.
Related words: districtual
Derived words: burned-over district
business district
Capital Regional 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
District of Columbia
District of Criminals
district officer
districtwide
districtwise
Doddington and District
ecodistrict
electoral district
federal district
financial district
garment district
gay district
historic district
interdistrict
intradistrict
Lake District
Marbury and District
Mickle Trafford and District
microdistrict
minidistrict
multidistrict
Northern District
on the district
out-district
Peak District
red-light district
rural district
rural sanitary district
sanitary district
school district
settled district
Shocklach Oviatt and District
Stainland and District
subdistrict
Tattenhall and District
urban district
urban sanitary district
Yeovilton and District
Translations:
lang: Abaza
word: район
roman: rajon
lang: Afrikaans
word: distrik
lang: Aghul
word: район
roman: rajon
lang: Albanian
word: rreth
lang: Albanian
word: rajon
lang: Southern Altai
word: аймак
roman: aymak
lang: Arabic
word: مُقَاطَعَة
roman: muqāṭaʕa
lang: Arabic
word: مُدِيرِيَّة
roman: mudīriyya
lang: Armenian
word: գավառ
roman: gavaṙ
lang: Avar
word: мухъ
roman: muqx
lang: Azerbaijani
word: nahiyə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: rayon
lang: Bashkir
word: районы
roman: rayonı
lang: Belarusian
word: раён
roman: rajón
lang: Belarusian
word: акру́га
roman: akrúha
lang: Bengali
word: জেলা
roman: jela
lang: Bulgarian
word: о́кръг
roman: ókrǎg
lang: Bulgarian
word: око́лия
roman: okólija
lang: Burmese
word: ခရိုင်
roman: hka.ruing
lang: Buryat
word: аймаг
roman: ajmag
lang: Catalan
word: comarca
lang: Catalan
word: districte
lang: Chechen
word: кӏошт
roman: kʼošt
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 區域 /区域
roman: qūyù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 區 /区
roman: qū
lang: East Circassian
word: куей
roman: kʷujej
lang: West Circassian
word: къедзыгъо
roman: qedzəğʷo
lang: Coptic
word: ⲕⲁϩ
roman: kah
lang: Coptic
word: ⲑⲱϣ
roman: thōš
lang: Coptic
word: ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ
roman: nomos
lang: Corsican
word: distrettu
lang: Czech
word: čtvrť
lang: Czech
word: okres
lang: Czech
word: kraj
lang: Danish
word: distrikt
lang: Dargwa
word: къатӏ
roman: ɢaṭ
lang: Dutch
word: district
lang: Dzongkha
word: རྫོང་ཁག
roman: rdzong khag
lang: Egyptian
word: w-a:r:*t-rd-N23
roman: wꜥrt
lang: Egyptian
word: N24:t*Z1
roman: spꜣt
lang: Erzya
word: буе
roman: buje
lang: Esperanto
word: distrikto
lang: Estonian
word: ringkond
lang: Estonian
word: rajoon
lang: Finnish
word: alue
lang: Finnish
word: piiri
lang: French
word: district
lang: Galician
word: distrito
lang: Georgian
word: უბანი
roman: ubani
lang: Georgian
word: რაიონი
roman: raioni
lang: Georgian
word: მხარე
roman: mxare
lang: Georgian
word: ოლქი
roman: olki
lang: German
word: Bezirk
lang: German
word: Kreis
lang: German
word: Landkreis
lang: German
word: Stadtteil
lang: German
word: Stadtviertel
lang: German
word: Distrikt
lang: German
word: Stadtbezirk
lang: Bavarian German
word: Beziak
lang: Bavarian German
word: Landgreis
lang: Bavarian German
word: Kroas
lang: German
word: Londkrääs
lang: Swabian
word: Landchrais
lang: Greek
word: δήμος
roman: dímos
lang: Hebrew
word: מָחוֹז
roman: makhóz
lang: Hindi
word: संभाग
roman: sambhāg
lang: Hindi
word: ज़िला
roman: zilā
lang: Hindi
word: जिला
roman: jilā
lang: Hindi
word: जनपद
roman: janpad
lang: Hindi
word: डिस्ट्रिक्ट
roman: ḍisṭrikṭ
lang: Hungarian
word: kerület
lang: Hungarian
word: körzet
lang: Hungarian
word: járás
lang: Ido
word: distrikto
lang: Indonesian
word: distrik
lang: Ingush
word: район
roman: rajon
lang: Irish
word: ceantar
lang: Italian
word: distretto
lang: Italian
word: municipio
lang: Japanese
word: 郭
roman: kuruwa
lang: Japanese
word: 地区
roman: chiku
lang: Japanese
word: 区
roman: ku
lang: Kalmyk
word: улс
roman: uls
lang: Karelian
word: piiri
lang: Kazakh
word: аудан
roman: audan
lang: Khmer
word: ស្រុក
roman: srok
lang: Komi-Zyrian
word: район
roman: rajon
lang: Korean
word: 지구
roman: jigu
lang: Kumyk
word: якъ
roman: yaq
lang: Kyrgyz
word: оодан
roman: oodan
lang: Ladin
word: raion
lang: Lak
word: кӏану
roman: kʼanu
lang: Latin
word: pāgus
lang: Latvian
word: novads
lang: Latvian
word: rajons
lang: Lezgi
word: район
roman: rajon
lang: Lithuanian
word: apylinkė
lang: Lithuanian
word: rajonas
lang: Macedonian
word: округ
roman: okrug
lang: Malagasy
word: distrika
lang: Malay
word: daerah
lang: Malayalam
word: ജില്ല
roman: jilla
lang: Marathi
word: जिल्हा
roman: jilhā
lang: Eastern Mari
word: кундем
roman: kundem
lang: Western Mari
word: кымдем
roman: kymdem
lang: Mizo
word: bial
lang: Moksha
word: аймак
roman: ajmak
lang: Nogai
word: район
roman: rayon
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: distrikt
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: distrikt
lang: Occitan
word: districte
lang: Oromo
word: aanaa
lang: Iranian Persian
word: ناحِیِه
roman: nâhiye
lang: Iranian Persian
word: بَخْش
roman: baxš
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Kjreiss
lang: Polish
word: dzielnica
lang: Polish
word: dystrykt
lang: Portuguese
word: distrito
lang: Romanian
word: district
lang: Romanian
word: raion
lang: Romanian
word: județ
lang: Russian
word: райо́н
roman: rajón
lang: Russian
word: о́круг
roman: ókrug
lang: Russian
word: о́бласть
roman: óblastʹ
lang: Russian
word: ди́стрикт
roman: dístrikt
lang: Russian
word: дистри́кт
roman: distríkt
lang: Rutul
word: район
roman: rajon
lang: Scots
word: destrict
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sgìre
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ко̏та̄р
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kȍtār
lang: Slovak
word: štvrť
lang: Slovak
word: okres
lang: Slovene
word: okraj
lang: Slovene
word: okrožje
lang: Spanish
word: distrito
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: distrikti
lang: Swedish
word: distrikt
lang: Tabasaran
word: район
roman: rajon
lang: Tagalog
word: distrito
lang: Tajik
word: ноҳия
roman: nohiya
lang: Tajik
word: маҳалла
roman: mahalla
lang: Tajik
word: гузар
roman: guzar
lang: Tamil
word: மாவட்டம்
roman: māvaṭṭam
lang: Telugu
word: జిల్లా
roman: jillā
lang: Thai
word: อำเภอ
roman: am-pəə
lang: Thai
word: เขต
roman: kèet
lang: Turkish
word: ilçe
lang: Turkmen
word: raýon
lang: Turkmen
word: etrap
lang: Ukrainian
word: о́круг
roman: ókruh
lang: Ukrainian
word: райо́н
roman: rajón
lang: Ukrainian
word: дільни́ця
roman: dilʹnýcja
lang: Urdu
word: ضِلَع
roman: zila'
lang: Uzbek
word: nohiya
lang: Uzbek
word: okrug
lang: Uzbek
word: rayon
lang: Vietnamese
word: quận
lang: Vietnamese
word: quận hạt
lang: Vietnamese
word: địa hạt
lang: Vietnamese
word: hạt
lang: Vietnamese
word: địa khu
lang: Vietnamese
word: khu
lang: Yakut
word: улууһа
roman: uluuha
lang: Yiddish
word: שטח
roman: shetekh