Definition of district

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District (n.) Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.

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Barony :: Barony (n.) In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner..
Federal :: Federal (a.) Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland..
Register :: Register (n.) A record containing a list and description of the merchant vessels belonging to a port or customs district.
Bordelais :: Bordelais (a.) Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux..
Bison :: Bison (n.) The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers..
Border :: Border (n.) A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
Territorial :: Territorial (a.) Of or pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the United States, or to any district similarly organized elsewhere; as, Territorial governments..
Police :: Police (n.) The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws..
Chorographer :: Chorographer (n.) One who describes or makes a map of a district or region.
Countryside :: Countryside (n.) A particular rural district; a country neighborhood.
Aguish :: Aguish (a.) Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England..
Legation :: Legation (n.) A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.
Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division..
Borough :: Borough (n.) In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut..
Tequila :: Tequila (n.) An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico..
Cantonize :: Cantonize (v. i.) To divide into cantons or small districts.
Steingale :: Steinbock (n.) A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also steenbok..
Requisition :: Requisition (v. t.) To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops..
Macassar Oil :: Macassar oil () A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil..
Canton :: Canton (n.) A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement..
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