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dis·trict (dis′trikt)

noun

  1. a geographical or political division made for a specific purpose a school district
  2. any region; part of a country, city, etc. the business district

Etymology: Fr < ML districtus, orig., control; hence in feudal law, a territory within which a lord had jurisdiction < L: see distress

transitive verb

to divide into districts

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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