district

About 51.93 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An administrative division of an area.

   Soho is a district of London

2. noun An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.

   the Lake District in Cumbria

3. noun An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.

   South Oxfordshire District Council

4. noun A specific, usually named area of the coalface where particular seams are worked.
5. verb To divide into administrative or other districts.

   A county districted for voting purposes.

6. adjective rigorous; stringent; harsh

Similar words

territory local zone subdistrict cantonal province regionally arrondissement region provincial

Often followed by

of court in and attorney is courts was to

Word family

districted districting districts