district

See also: District

district - English

Pronunciation

enPR: dĭs′trĭkt, IPA: /ˈdɪstɹɪkt/
Hyphenation: dis‧trict

Noun

district (plural districts)

An administrative division of an area.
- the Soho district of London
An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
- the Lake District in Cumbria
(UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
- South Oxfordshire District Council

Derived terms

Related terms

districtual

Translations

Afrikaans: distrik (af)
Albanian: rreth (sq) m, rajon (sq) m
Arabic: مُقَاطَعَة‎ f (muqāṭaʕa)
Armenian: գավառ (hy) (gavaṙ)
Bavarian: Beziak, Landgreis, Kroas
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)
Catalan: comarca (ca) f, districte (ca)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 區域／区域 (zh) (qūyù), 區／区 (zh) (qū) (county-level urban divisions)
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 n
Dutch: district (nl) n
Dzongkha: རྫོང་ཁག (rdzong khag)
Egyptian: (wꜥrt f), (spꜣt f)
Esperanto: distrikto
Finnish: alue (fi), piiri (fi)
French: district (fr)
Galician: distrito m
Georgian: უბანი (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)
- Rhine Franconian: Londkrääs (Palatine)
Greek: δήμος (el) m (dímos)
Hebrew: מָחוֹז‎ (he) m (makhóz)
Hindi: 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)
Italian: distretto (it) m
Japanese: 郭 (ja) (くるわ, kuruwa), 地区 (ja) (ちく, chiku), 区 (ja) (く, ku)
Kazakh: аудан (kk) (audan)
Khmer: ស្រុក (km) (srok)
Korean: 지구(地區) (ko) (jigu)
Ladin: raion m
Latin: pāgus (la) m
Latvian: novads m, rajons m
Macedonian: округ m (okrug)
Malay: daerah
Malayalam: ജില്ല (ml) (jilla)
Marathi: जिल्हा (mr) m (jilhā)
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: distrikt (no) n
- Nynorsk: distrikt n
Occitan: districte m
Oromo: aanaa (om)
Persian: ناحیه‎ (fa) (nâhiye), بخش‎ (fa) (baxš)
Plautdietsch: Kjreiss m
Polish: dzielnica (pl) f, dystrykt (pl) m
Portuguese: distrito (pt)
Romanian: district (ro), raion (ro),, 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)
Scots: destrict
Scottish Gaelic: sgìre f
Slovene: okraj m, okrožje n
Spanish: distrito (es)
Swabian: Landchrais
Swedish: distrikt (sv) n
Tajik: ноҳия (nohiya)
Tamil: மாவட்டம் (ta) (māvaṭṭam)
Telugu: జిల్లా (te) (jillā)
Thai: อำเภอ (th) (am-pəə), (Bangkok) เขต (th) (kèet)
Ukrainian: о́круг (uk) (ókruh), райо́н (rajón), дільни́ця f (dilʹnýcja)
Vietnamese: quận (vi) (郡)
Yiddish: שטח‎ m (shetekh)

Arabic: مِنْطَقَة‎ (ar) f (minṭaqa)
Bulgarian: райо́н (bg) m (rajón), уча́стък (bg) m (učástǎk), о́бласт (bg) f (óblast)
Catalan: comarca (ca) f
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 f, comarca f
Greek: περιοχή (el) f (periochí)
Hungarian: vidék (hu), terület (hu), körzet (hu), negyed (hu), környék (hu)
Italian: distretto (it) m
Maori: taiwhenua
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)
Scottish Gaelic: sgìre f
Swahili: wilaya (sw)
Thai: อำเภอ (th) (am-pəə), (Bangkok) เขต (th) (kèet)
Welsh: bro f, broydd f pl

Verb

district (third-person singular simple present districts, present participle districting, simple past and past participle districted)

(transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.

Derived terms

redistrict

Translations

Bulgarian: районирам (rajoniram)

Adjective

district (comparative more district, superlative most district)

(obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh

district - Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA: /dɪsˈtrɪkt/
Hyphenation: dis‧trict

Noun

district n (plural districten, diminutive districtje n)

district

Derived terms

kiesdistrict

Descendants

Afrikaans: distrik
Negerhollands: distrikt
→ Caribbean Javanese: dhistrikan, pendhistrikan
→ Indonesian: distrik

district - French

Pronunciation

IPA: /dis.tʁikt/, /dis.tʁik/

Noun

district m (plural districts)

district

district - Norman

Noun

district m (plural districts)

(Jersey) district

district - Romanian

Noun

district n (plural districte)

district

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) district	districtul	(niște) districte	districtele
genitive/dative	(unui) district	districtului	(unor) districte	districtelor
vocative	districtule		districtelor