district
noun
[ ˈdɪstrɪkt ]
• an area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity.
• "a coal-mining district"
Similar:
neighbourhood,
area,
region,
place,
locality,
locale,
community,
quarter,
sector,
vicinity,
zone,
territory,
block,
part,
spot,
patch,
domain,
administrative division,
ward,
parish,
constituency,
department,
neck of the woods,
manor,
turf,
district
verb
• divide into areas.
• "the committee districted the city into blocks"
Origin:
early 17th century (denoting the territory under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord): from French, from medieval Latin districtus ‘(territory of) jurisdiction’, from Latin distringere ‘draw apart’.
