district

district

See also: 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”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭs′trĭkt, IPA^(key): /ˈdɪstɹɪkt/
• Hyphenation: dis‧trict

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪstɹɪkt

Noun

district (plural districts)

1. An administrative division of an area.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess‎:

     ‘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

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

   the Lake District in Cumbria

3. (UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.

   South Oxfordshire District Council

Derived terms

• business district
• central business district
• congressional district
• district attorney
• district cooling
• district heating
• districthood
• district nurse
• electoral district
• federal district
• Lake District
• on the district
• Peak District
• red-light district
• rural sanitary district
• sanitary district
• school district
• urban district
• urban sanitary district

 

Related terms

• districtual

Translations

administrative division

Afrikaans: distrik (af) Albanian: rreth (sq) m, rajon (sq) m Arabic: مُقَاطَعَة‎ f (muqāṭaʿa) Armenian: գավառ (hy) (gavaṙ) 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 n Dutch: district (nl) n Dzongkha: རྫོང་ཁག (rdzong khag) Egyptian: (wꜥrt f), (spꜣt f) Esperanto: distrikto Finnish: alue (fi), piiri (fi) French: district (fr) Galician: distrito m Georgian: უბანი (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) Italian: distretto (it) m 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) Ladin: raion m Latin: pāgus (la) m Latvian: novads m, rajons m Macedonian: округ m (okrug) Malay: daerah Malayalam: ജില്ല (ml) (jilla) Marathi: जिल्हा (mr) m (jilhā) Norwegian: Bokmål: distrikt (no) n Nynorsk: distrikt n Occitan: districte m Oromo: aanaa (om) Persian: ناحیه‎ (fa) (nâhiye), بخش‎ (fa) (baxš) Plautdietsch: Kjreiss m Polish: dzielnica (pl) f, dystrykt (pl) m Portuguese: distrito (pt) Romanian: district (ro), raion (ro),, 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 Slovene: okraj m, okrožje n Spanish: distrito (es) Swabian: Landchrais Swedish: distrikt (sv) n Tajik: ноҳия (nohiya) Tamil: மாவட்டம் (ta) (māvaṭṭam) Telugu: జిల్లా (te) (jillā) Thai: อำเภอ (th) (am-pəə), (Bangkok) เขต (th) (kèet) Ukrainian: о́круг (uk) (ókruh), райо́н (rajón), дільни́ця f (dilʹnýcja) Vietnamese: quận (vi) (郡) Yiddish: שטח‎ m (shetekh)

area or region

Arabic: مِنْطَقَة‎ (ar) f (minṭaqa) Bulgarian: райо́н (bg) m (rajón), уча́стък (bg) m (učástǎk), о́бласт (bg) f (óblast) Catalan: comarca (ca) f Corsican: distrettu Czech: oblast (cs) f, kraj (cs) m Dutch: gebied (nl) n, regio (nl) m or f Finnish: alue (fi), seutu (fi) Galician: bisbarra f, comarca f Greek: περιοχή (el) f (periochí) Hungarian: vidék (hu), terület (hu), körzet (hu), negyed (hu), környék (hu) Italian: distretto (it) m Maori: taiwhenua Plautdietsch: Jäajent f Portuguese: distrito (pt), região (pt) f, zona (pt) f Romanian: regiune (ro) f, district (ro) n Russian: райо́н (ru) m (rajón), уча́сток (ru) m (učástok) Scottish Gaelic: sgìre f Swahili: wilaya (sw) Thai: อำเภอ (th) (am-pəə), (Bangkok) เขต (th) (kèet) Welsh: bro f, broydd f pl

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French: (please verify) district (fr) m, (please verify) région (fr) f Interlingua: (please verify) districto Japanese: (please verify) 地方 (ja) (ちほう, chihō), (please verify) 区 (ja) (く, ku) Khmer: (please verify) ស្រុក (km) (srok) Korean: (please verify) 구역 (ko) (guyeok), (please verify) 지방 (ko) (jibang) Latin: (please verify) ager (la) m, (please verify) regio (la) f, (please verify) terra (la) f Norman: (please verify) district m (Jersey) Quechua: (please verify) distritu Spanish: (please verify) distrito (es) m

Verb

district (third-person singular simple present districts, present participle districting, simple past and past participle districted)

1. (transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.

Derived terms

• redistrict

Translations

to divide into districts

Bulgarian: районирам (rajoniram)

Adjective

district (comparative more district, superlative most district)

1. (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
   • 1563 March 30​, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], OCLC 64451939:

     punishing with the rod of district severity

Further reading

• district in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• district in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• district at OneLook Dictionary Search

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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^(key): /dɪsˈtrɪkt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: dis‧trict
• Rhymes: -ɪkt

Noun

district n (plural districten, diminutive districtje n)

1. district

Derived terms

• kiesdistrict

Descendants

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

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin districtus. Doublet of détroit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.tʁikt/, /dis.tʁik/

• Audio

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Noun

district m (plural districts)

1. district

Further reading

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

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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)

1. (Jersey) district

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Romanian

Etymology

From French district.

Noun

district n (plural districte)

1. district

Declension

Declension of district

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) district	districtul	(niște) districte	districtele
genitive/dative	(unui) district	districtului	(unor) districte	districtelor
vocative	districtule		districtelor