District
Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
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.
Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
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District Quotations
General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the city of New York.
Mercy Otis Warren
There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.
Rahm Emanuel
I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks.
Patty Duke
Congress has turned its back on America's working families. There are Teamster families in every congressional district in America, and those families vote. Those who would oppose these families have done so at their own political peril.
James P. Hoffa
I know the district. I know a lot of people in the district. I know how to get where I'm going.
Phil Hare
Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.
Simone Weil
I represent the views and the values of the people of the district.
Paul Gillmor
I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities.
Sonia Sotomayor
The rail service is important for my district.
Jerry Weller
I represent a district in Nevada, a state that is home to more wild horses than all other states combined.
Jon Porter
District Translations
district in Danish is distrikt
district in Dutch is district, arrondissement, gouw
district in French is district, arrondissement, quartier
district in German is Bezirk
district in Italian is provincia, distretto, circondario
district in Latin is plaga, ora
district in Portuguese is distrito
district in Spanish is provincia, distrito, barrio
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