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district
has definitions from the fields of geography,law
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[ noun ] (geography) a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Synonyms Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)With the growing complexity of markets and intensity of competition , sales management , whether at the district , region or headquarters level , is a tough job today - and it will be tougher in_the future . (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)When , as a diplomatic gesture of amity and in payment for the loan of gunmen in the April election , Torrio had given O_'_Banion a slice of Cicero , the profits from that district had been $ 20000 a month . (James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)In a_few school districts one finds a link between school and job . In this respect , public education in the large cities differs from education in the smaller cities and consolidated school districts . (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)It was established in a_couple_of buildings in the shopping district , with only a_few professors , but all eminent men , and a_few hundred eager students housed in nearby dwellings . Related terms region development enclave jurisdiction protectorate Attica Northern_Territory Galloway Yukon sultanate Sabah Palatinate city_district West_Malaysia athos lake_district Boeotia Lothian_Region residential_district East_Malaysia Castile Sarawak Catalonia Natal American_Samoa Aragon Acadia Kordofan louisiana_purchase Northwest_Territories goldfield acre congressional_district administrative_district |
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[ noun ] (geography) a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state
Related terms possession region development Palestine jurisdiction enclave Attica protectorate Boeotia goldfield residential_district Yukon nunavut Galloway American_Samoa Castile Acadia Northwest_Territories athos Northern_Territory Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands congressional_district city_district Lothian_Region Faroe_Islands Macao Sabah East_Malaysia borderland West_Malaysia Sarawak Aragon French_Polynesia Catalonia Kordofan british_virgin_islands american_virgin_islands louisiana_purchase Natal acre lake_district possession Palatinate northern_mariana_islands trust_territory mandate administrative_district zone |
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[ adjective ] applicable to or serving the needs of a particular district
Examples "the district courts" Related terms |
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