FromFrench district Medieval Latin districtus ( “ a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction ” ) , fromLatin districtus distringere ( “ to draw asunder, compel, distrain ” ) , fromdis- ( “ apart ” ) +stringere ( “ to draw tight, strain ” ) .Doublet ofDetroit
district (plural districts
Anadministrative division of anarea .the Sohodistrict of London An area orregion marked by somedistinguishing feature .the LakeDistrict in Cumbria ( UK ) administrative division of acounty without the status of aborough .South OxfordshireDistrict Council ( mining ) coalface where particularseams areworked .administrative division
Abaza:район ( rajon ) Afrikaans:distrik (af) Aghul:район ( rajon ) Albanian:rreth (sq) m rajon (sq) m Altai:Southern Altai:аймак ( aymak ) Arabic:مُقَاطَعَة f ( muqāṭaʕa ) ,مُدِيرِيَّة f ( mudīriyya ) Armenian:գավառ (hy) ( gavaṙ ) Avar:мухъ ( muqx ) Azerbaijani:nahiyə (az) ,rayon (az) Bashkir:районы ( rayonı ) Belarusian:раён m ( rajón ) ,акру́га f ( akrúha ) Bengali:জেলা (bn) ( jela ) Bulgarian:о́кръг (bg) m ( ókrǎg ) ,око́лия (bg) f ( okólija ) Burmese:ခရိုင် (my) ( hka.ruing ) Buryat:аймаг ( ajmag ) Catalan:comarca (ca) f districte (ca) Chechen:кӏошт ( kʼošt ) Chinese:Mandarin:區域 / 区域 (zh) ( qūyù ) ,區 / 区 (zh) ( qū ) ( county-level urban divisions ) Circassian:East Circassian:куей (kbd) ( kʷujej ) West Circassian:къедзыгъо ( qedzəğʷo ) Coptic:ⲕⲁϩ f ( kah ) ,ⲑⲱϣ m ( thōš ) ,ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ m ( nomos ) Corsican:distrettu Czech:čtvrť (cs) f ( part of town ) ,okres (cs) m kraj (cs) m ( part of state ) Danish:distrikt (da) n Dargwa:къатӏ ( ɢaṭ ) Dutch:district (nl) n Dzongkha:རྫོང་ཁག ( rdzong khag ) Egyptian: (wꜥrt f spꜣt f Erzya:буе ( buje ) Esperanto:distrikto (pleaseverify ) kvartalo Estonian:ringkond rajoon Finnish:alue (fi) ,piiri (fi) French:district (fr) Galician:distrito (gl) m Georgian:უბანი (ka) ( ubani ) ,რაიონი ( raioni ) ,მხარე ( mxare ) ,ოლქი ( olki ) German:Bezirk (de) m Kreis (de) m Landkreis (de) m Stadtteil (de) m ( city ) ,Stadtviertel (de) n ( city ) ,Distrikt (de) m Stadtbezirk (de) m ( city ) Bavarian:Beziak Landgreis Kroas Rhine Franconian:Londkrääs ( Palatine ) Swabian:Landchrais Greek:δήμος (el) m ( dímos ) Hebrew:מָחוֹז (he) m ( makhóz ) Hindi:संभाग m ( sambhāg ) ,ज़िला m ( zilā ) ,जिला (hi) m ( jilā ) ,जनपद (hi) m ( janpad ) ,डिस्ट्रिक्ट (hi) m ( ḍisṭrikṭ ) Hungarian:kerület (hu) ,körzet (hu) ,járás (hu) Ido:distrikto (io) Indonesian:distrik (id) Ingush:район ( rajon ) Irish:ceantar m Italian:distretto (it) m municipio (it) m ( city district ) Japanese:郭 (ja) ( くるわ, kuruwa ) ,地区 (ja) ( ちく, chiku ) ,区 (ja) ( く, ku ) Kalmyk:улс ( uls ) Karelian:piiri Kazakh:аудан (kk) ( audan ) Khmer:ស្រុក (km) ( srok ) Komi:Komi-Zyrian:район ( rajon ) Korean:지구(地區) (ko) ( jigu ) Kumyk:якъ ( yaq ) Kyrgyz:оодан ( oodan ) Ladin:raion m Lak:кӏану ( kʼanu ) Latin:pāgus (la) m Latvian:novads m rajons m Lezgi:район ( rajon ) Lithuanian:apylinkė f ( city ) ,rajonas (lt) m Macedonian:округ m ( okrug ) Malagasy:distrika Malay:daerah (ms) Malayalam:ജില്ല (ml) ( jilla ) Marathi:जिल्हा (mr) m ( jilhā ) Mari:Eastern Mari:кундем ( kundem ) Western Mari:кымдем ( kymdem ) Mizo:bial Moksha:аймак ( ajmak ) Nogai:район ( rayon ) Norwegian:Bokmål:distrikt (no) n Nynorsk:distrikt n Occitan:districte m Oromo:aanaa (om) Persian:Iranian Persian:ناحِیِه ( nâhiye ) ,بَخْش ( baxš ) Plautdietsch:Kjreiss m Polish:dzielnica (pl) f dystrykt (pl) m Portuguese:distrito (pt) Romanian:district (ro) n raion (ro) n județ (ro) n Russian:райо́н (ru) m ( rajón ) ,о́круг (ru) m ( ókrug ) ,о́бласть (ru) f ( óblastʹ ) ,ди́стрикт (ru) m ( dístrikt ) ,дистри́кт (ru) m ( distríkt ) ( USA and some other English-speaking countries ) Rutul:район ( rajon ) Scots:destrict Scottish Gaelic:sgìre f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:ко̏та̄р m Latin:kȍtār (sh) m Slovak:štvrť f okres (sk) m Slovene:okraj m okrožje n Spanish:distrito (es) Sranan Tongo:distrikti Swedish:distrikt (sv) n Tabasaran:район ( rajon ) Tagalog:distrito Tajik:ноҳия ( nohiya ) ,маҳалла ( mahalla ) ,гузар ( guzar ) Tamil:மாவட்டம் (ta) ( māvaṭṭam ) Telugu:జిల్లా (te) ( jillā ) Thai:อำเภอ (th) ( am-pəə ) ,( Bangkok ) เขต (th) ( kèet ) Turkish:ilçe (tr) Turkmen:raýon etrap Ukrainian:о́круг (uk) ( ókruh ) ,райо́н (uk) ( rajón ) ,дільни́ця f ( dilʹnýcja ) Urdu:ضِلَع m ( zila' ) Uzbek:nohiya (uz) ,okrug (uz) ,rayon (uz) Vietnamese:quận (vi) (郡 quận hạt địa hạt (vi) ,hạt (vi) ,địa khu khu (vi) Yakut:улууһа ( uluuha ) Yiddish:שטח m ( shetekh )
area or region
Arabic:مِنْطَقَة (ar) f ( minṭaqa ) Belarusian:рэгіён m ( rehijón ) Bulgarian:райо́н (bg) m ( rajón ) ,уча́стък (bg) m ( učástǎk ) ,о́бласт (bg) f ( óblast ) Catalan:comarca (ca) f Chichewa:dzíko class5 Chinese:Mandarin:地區 / 地区 (zh) ( dìqū ) Corsican:distrettu Czech:oblast (cs) f kraj (cs) m Dutch:gebied (nl) n regio (nl) m or f Finnish:alue (fi) ,seutu (fi) Galician:bisbarra (gl) f comarca (gl) f Greek:περιοχή (el) f ( periochí ) Hungarian:vidék (hu) ,terület (hu) ,körzet (hu) ,negyed (hu) ,környék (hu) Irish:dúiche f Italian:distretto (it) m Japanese:地方 (ja) ( ちほう, chihō ) ,地域 (ja) ( ちいき, chiiki ) Korean:지방(地方) (ko) ( jibang ) ,구역(區域) (ko) ( guyeok ) Lithuanian:apskritis (lt) m Māori:taiwhenua Persian:Iranian Persian:مَنْطَقِه ( mantaġe ) ,ناحِیِه ( nâhiye ) Plautdietsch:Jäajent f Portuguese:distrito (pt) ,região (pt) f zona (pt) f Romanian:regiune (ro) f district (ro) n Russian:райо́н (ru) m ( rajón ) ,уча́сток (ru) m ( učástok ) ,о́бласть (ru) f ( óblastʹ ) Scottish Gaelic:sgìre f Swahili:wilaya (sw) Tajik:минтақа (tg) ( mintaqa ) ,ноҳия ( nohiya ) Thai:อำเภอ (th) ( am-pəə ) ,( Bangkok ) เขต (th) ( kèet ) Turkish:Ottoman Turkish:ایل ( il ) ,طوپراق ( toprak ) ,ارض ( arz ) ,تراب ( türâb ) Ukrainian:регіо́н m ( rehión ) Urdu:عِلاقَہ m ( 'ilāqa ) Welsh:bro f broydd f pl
Translations to be checked
district (third-person singular simple present districts present participle districting simple past and past participle districted
( transitive ) districts .district (comparative moredistrict ,superlative mostdistrict )
( obsolete ) rigorous ;stringent ;harsh ^ Hurd, Seth P. (1847 ), “District ”, in “False Pronunciation”, inA Grammatical Corrector; or, A Vocabulary of the Common Errors of Speech [1] Philadelphia : E. H. Butler & Co,→OCLC page80 . “district ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “district ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC “district ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . FromMiddle Dutch district Middle French district Medieval Latin districtus ( “ a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction ” ) , fromLatin districtus distringō, distringere ( “ draw asunder, compel, distrain ” ) , fromdis- ( “ apart ” ) +stringō, stringere ( “ draw tight, strain ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /dɪsˈtrɪkt/ Hyphenation:dis‧trict Rhymes:-ɪkt district n plural districten diminutive districtje n
district Learned borrowing fromLatin districtus Doublet ofdétroit
IPA (key ) : /dis.tʁikt/ ,/dis.tʁik/ district m plural districts
district Borrowed fromFrench district Medieval Latin districtus ( “ a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction ” ) , fromLatin districtus distringō, distringere ( “ draw asunder, compel, distrain ” ) , fromdis- ( “ apart ” ) +stringō, stringere ( “ draw tight, strain ” ) .
district m plural districts
( Jersey ) district Borrowed fromFrench district
district n plural districte
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