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dis⋅trict

  [dis-trikt]
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–noun
1. a division of territory, as of a country, state, or county, marked off for administrative, electoral, or other purposes.
2. a region or locality: the theater district; the Lake District.
3. British. a subdivision of a county or a town.
4. the District, the District of Columbia; Washington, D.C.
–verb (used with object)
5. to divide into districts.
Origin:
1605–15; (< F) < ML distrīctus exercise of justice, (area of) jurisdiction, deriv. of L distringere to stretch out (see distrain ), equiv. to di- di- 2 + strig- (base of stringere to bind, tie) + -tus suffix of verbal action
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dis·trict   (dĭs'trĭkt)   
n.  

  1. A division of an area, as for administrative purposes.

  2. A region or locality marked by a distinguishing feature: went to the lake district for their vacation.

tr.v.   dis·trict·ed, dis·trict·ing, dis·tricts
To mark off or divide into districts.

[French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin districtus, from Latin, past participle of distringere, to hinder; see distrain.]
dis'trict·wide' adv. & adj.
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Main Entry: dis·trict
Function: noun
: a territorial division (as of a nation, state, county, or city) for administrative, judicial, electoral, or other purposes: as a : an administrative unit esp. of a town or city established for the performance of a special governmental function district> district> b : CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT c : one of the divisions of the United States or of the individual states served by a particular federal or state court —see also the JUDICIAL SYSTEM in the back matter
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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