English > territorial division: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A district defined for administrative purposes. |
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| Synonyms | administrative district, administrative division |
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| Instances | Khabarovsk | An administrative territory in Russia on the eastern coast of Siberia |
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| Lower Egypt | One of the two main administrative districts of Egypt |
| Upper Egypt | One of the two main administrative districts of Egypt |
| Narrower | borough | One of the administrative divisions of a large city |
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| canton | A small administrative division of a country |
| city | An incorporated administrative district established by state charter / charter |
| commune | The smallest administrative district of several European countries |
| country, state, land | The territory occupied by a nation |
| county | (United States) the largest administrative district within a state |
| county palatine | The territory of a count palatine |
| department | The territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France) |
| federal district | A district set apart as the seat of government of a federation |
| municipality | An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government |
| prefecture | The district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) |
| reservation, reserve | A district that is reserved for particular purpose |
| school district | A district whose public schools are administered together |
| shire | A former administrative district of England |
| state, province | The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation |
| township, town | An administrative division of a county |
| ward | A district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections |
| Broader | district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion | A region marked off for administrative or other purposes |
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| Spanish | distrito administrativo, división administrativa, división territorial |
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| Catalan | circumscripció territorial, districte administratiu, divisió administrativa, divisió territorial |
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