Found 4 items, similar to district.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: district
distrik
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: district
distrik, jajahan, kawasan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: district
district
n : a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
[syn:
territory,
territorial dominion,
dominion]
district
v : regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns [syn:
zone]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: District
District
\Dis"trict\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Districted; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Districting.]
To divide into districts or limited portions of territory;
as, legislatures district States for the choice of
representatives.
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District
\Dis"trict\, a. [L. districtus, p. p.]
Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.]
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Punishing with the rod of district severity. --Foxe.
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District
\Dis"trict\, n. [LL. districtus district, fr. L.
districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See
Distrain.]
1. (Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the
power of coercing and punishing.
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2. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state,
town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral,
or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial
district, land district, school district, etc.
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To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such
district not exceeding ten miles square. --The
Constitution
of the United
States.
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3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a
country; a tract.
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These districts which between the tropics lie.
--Blackstone.
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Congressional district. See under
Congressional.
District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or
district court.
District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United
States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases
within a judicial district.
District judge, one who presides over a district court.
District school, a public school for the children within a
school district. [U.S.]
Syn: Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region;
country.
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