Thesaurus: district

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1. a. Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
2. n. The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
3. n. 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.
4. n. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
5. v. t. To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
6. n. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
7. v. regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
8. n:100 n. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes