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Definition of District
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

I know the district. I know a lot of people in the district. I know how to get where I'm going.
Phil Hare

I represent a district in Nevada, a state that is home to more wild horses than all other states combined.
Jon Porter

The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
Kamisese Mara

As a personal beneficiary of the service that Amtrak provides and as someone who represents a congressional district that counts on safe, reliable rail service, I am a strong supporter of providing this vital industry the funding necessary to continue operations.
Tim Bishop

For the 95 per cent whose only means of schooling is the district or the city school, we must provide what we are not now providing, an education that will better fit them for the struggle of life.
Arthur Capper

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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