English > district: 2 senses > noun 1, location| Meaning | A region marked off for administrative or other purposes. |
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| Synonyms | territory, territorial dominion, dominion |
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| Instances | Acadia | The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces |
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| Acre | A territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru |
| American Samoa, Eastern Samoa, AS | A United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa |
| Aragon | A region of northeastern Spain |
| Athos, Mount Athos | An autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century |
| Attica | The territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken |
| Boeotia | A district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens |
| Castile, Castilla | A region of central Spain |
| Catalonia | A region of northeastern Spain |
| Darfur | An impoverished region of western Sudan |
| East Malaysia | The part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo |
| Galloway | A district in southwestern Scotland |
| Kordofan | A mountainous province of central Sudan |
| Lake District, Lakeland | A popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain |
| Lothian Region | A district in southeast central Scotland (south side of the Firth of Forth) and the location of Edinburgh |
| Louisiana Purchase | territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million |
| Natal, KwaZulu-Natal | A region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean |
| Northern Marianas, Northern Mariana Islands | A self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana Islands except Guam |
| Northern Territory | A territory in north central Australia |
| Northwest Territories | A large territory in northwestern Canada |
| Nunavut | An Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit |
| Palatinate, Pfalz | A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine |
| Papal States | The temporal dominions belonging to the pope (especially in central Italy) |
| West Malaysia, Malaya, Peninsular Malaysia | The region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula |
| Yukon, Yukon Territory | A territory in northwestern Canada |
| Narrower | British East Africa | The former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar |
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| British West Africa | The former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast |
| administrative district, administrative division, territorial division | A district defined for administrative purposes |
| borderland, border district, march, marchland | district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area |
| city district | A district of a town or city |
| congressional district | A territorial division of a state |
| development | A district that has been developed to serve some purpose |
| enclave | An enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it |
| goldfield | A district where gold is mined |
| jurisdiction | In law |
| mandate, mandatory | A territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves |
| palatinate | A territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine |
| possession | A territory that is controlled by a ruling state |
| protectorate, associated state | A state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs |
| residential district, residential area, community | A district where people live |
| trust territory, trusteeship | A dependent country |
| Broader | region | A large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth |
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| Spanish | circunscripción, comarca, distrito, dominio británico, dominio, país, territorio, zona |
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| Catalan | circumscripció, comarca, districte, província, territori, zona |
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| Verbs | district | regulate housing in |
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