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district
noun
1 district
A region marked off for administrative or other purposes.
synonyms: dominion, territorial dominion, territory.
Roget 181:
region,
sphere,
ground,
soil,
area,
field,
realm,
hemisphere,
quarter,
district,
beat,
orb,
circuit,
circle;
reservation,
pale
etc.
(limit)
233;
compartment,
department;
clearing.
[political divisions: see]
(property)
etc.
780
(Government)
etc.
737.1
arena,
precincts,
enceinte,
walk,
march;
patch,
plot,
parcel,
inclosure,
close,
field,
court;
enclave,
reserve,
preserve;
street
etc.
(abode)
189.
clime,
climate,
zone,
meridian,
latitude.
biosphere;
lithosphere.
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Dutch: regio, gebied, district, grondgebied, rayon, werkgebied
verb
1 district
Regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns.
synonym: zone.
Moby thesaurus: Kreis, abode, airspace, apportion, archbishopric, archdiocese, area, arrondissement, bailiwick, bearings, belt, bench mark, bishopric, borough, canton, city, commune, community, confines, congressional district, constablewick, continental shelf, corridor, country, county, cut up, departement, department, diocese, divide, divide up, division, divvy, divvy up, duchy, electoral district, electorate, emplacement, environs, government, ground, hamlet, heartland, hinterland, hole, hundred, land, latitude and longitude, lieu, locale, locality, location, locus, magistracy, metropolis, metropolitan area, milieu, neighborhood, oblast, offshore rights, okrug, parcel, parcel out, parish, part, partition, parts, pinpoint, place, placement, point, portion, position, precinct, precincts, premises, principality, province, purlieus, quarter, region, riding, salient, section, sector, segment, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty, site, situation, situs, soil, soke, space, split, split up, spot, stake, state, stead, subdivide, terrain, territory, three-mile limit, town, township, twelve-mile limit, vicinage, vicinity, village, wapentake, ward, whereabout, whereabouts, zone ... show more.
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