district

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• dĭs′trĭkt
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• nonstandard, obsolete: dēs′trĭkt
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• nonstandard, obsolete: /ˈdiːstɹɪkt/
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From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”). Doublet of Detroit.

222 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abaza: район (rajon) — administrative division
• Afrikaans: distrik — administrative division
• Aghul: район (rajon) — administrative division
• Albanian: rreth — administrative division
• Albanian: rajon — administrative division
• Southern Altai: аймак (aymak) — administrative division
• Arabic: مُقَاطَعَة (muqāṭaʕa) — administrative division
• Arabic: مُدِيرِيَّة (mudīriyya) — administrative division
• Armenian: գավառ (gavaṙ) — administrative division
• Avar: мухъ (muqx) — administrative division
• Azerbaijani: nahiyə — administrative division
• Azerbaijani: rayon — administrative division
• Bashkir: районы (rayonı) — administrative division
• Belarusian: раён (rajón) — administrative division
• Belarusian: акру́га (akrúha) — administrative division
• Bengali: জেলা (jela) — administrative division
• Bulgarian: о́кръг (ókrǎg) — administrative division
• Bulgarian: око́лия (okólija) — administrative division
• Burmese: ခရိုင် (hka.ruing) — administrative division
• Buryat: аймаг (ajmag) — administrative division
• Catalan: comarca — administrative division
• Catalan: districte — administrative division
• Chechen: кӏошт (kʼošt) — administrative division
• Chinese Mandarin: 區域 /区域 (qūyù) — administrative division
• Chinese Mandarin: 區 /区 (qū) — administrative division
• East Circassian: куей (kwujej) — administrative division
• West Circassian: къедзыгъо (qedzəğwo) — administrative division
• Coptic: ⲕⲁϩ (kah) — administrative division
• Coptic: ⲑⲱϣ (thōš) — administrative division
• Coptic: ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ (nomos) — administrative division
• Corsican: distrettu — administrative division
• Czech: čtvrť — administrative division
• Czech: okres — administrative division
• Czech: kraj — administrative division
• Danish: distrikt — administrative division
• Dargwa: къатӏ (ɢaṭ) — administrative division
• Dutch: district — administrative division
• Dzongkha: རྫོང་ཁག (rdzong khag) — administrative division
• Egyptian: w-a:r:*t-rd-N23 (wꜥrt) — administrative division
• Egyptian: N24:t*Z1 (spꜣt) — administrative division
• Erzya: буе (buje) — administrative division
• Esperanto: distrikto — administrative division
• Estonian: ringkond — administrative division
• Estonian: rajoon — administrative division
• Finnish: alue — administrative division
• Finnish: piiri — administrative division
• French: district — administrative division
• Galician: distrito — administrative division
• Georgian: უბანი (ubani) — administrative division
• Georgian: რაიონი (raioni) — administrative division
• Georgian: მხარე (mxare) — administrative division
• Georgian: ოლქი (olki) — administrative division
• German: Bezirk — administrative division
• German: Kreis — administrative division
• German: Landkreis — administrative division
• German: Stadtteil — administrative division
• German: Stadtviertel — administrative division
• German: Distrikt — administrative division
• German: Stadtbezirk — administrative division
• Bavarian German: Beziak — administrative division
• Bavarian German: Landgreis — administrative division
• Bavarian German: Kroas — administrative division
• German: Londkrääs — administrative division
• Swabian: Landchrais — administrative division
• Greek: δήμος (dímos) — administrative division
• Hebrew: מָחוֹז (makhóz) — administrative division
• Hindi: संभाग (sambhāg) — administrative division
• Hindi: ज़िला (zilā) — administrative division
• Hindi: जिला (jilā) — administrative division
• Hindi: जनपद (janpad) — administrative division
• Hindi: डिस्ट्रिक्ट (ḍisṭrikṭ) — administrative division
• Hungarian: kerület — administrative division
• Hungarian: körzet — administrative division
• Hungarian: járás — administrative division
• Ido: distrikto — administrative division
• Indonesian: distrik — administrative division
• Ingush: район (rajon) — administrative division
• Irish: ceantar — administrative division
• Italian: distretto — administrative division
• Italian: municipio — administrative division
• Japanese: 郭 (kuruwa) — administrative division
• Japanese: 地区 (chiku) — administrative division
• Japanese: 区 (ku) — administrative division
• Kalmyk: улс (uls) — administrative division
• Karelian: piiri — administrative division
• Kazakh: аудан (audan) — administrative division
• Khmer: ស្រុក (srok) — administrative division
• Komi-Zyrian: район (rajon) — administrative division
• Korean: 지구 (jigu) — administrative division
• Kumyk: якъ (yaq) — administrative division
• Kyrgyz: оодан (oodan) — administrative division
• Ladin: raion — administrative division
• Lak: кӏану (kʼanu) — administrative division
• Latin: pāgus — administrative division
• Latvian: novads — administrative division
• Latvian: rajons — administrative division
• Lezgi: район (rajon) — administrative division
• Lithuanian: apylinkė — administrative division
• Lithuanian: rajonas — administrative division
• Macedonian: округ (okrug) — administrative division
• Malagasy: distrika — administrative division
• Malay: daerah — administrative division
• Malayalam: ജില്ല (jilla) — administrative division
• Marathi: जिल्हा (jilhā) — administrative division
• Eastern Mari: кундем (kundem) — administrative division
• Western Mari: кымдем (kymdem) — administrative division
• Mizo: bial — administrative division
• Moksha: аймак (ajmak) — administrative division
• Nogai: район (rayon) — administrative division
• Norwegian Bokmål: distrikt — administrative division
• Norwegian Nynorsk: distrikt — administrative division
• Occitan: districte — administrative division
• Oromo: aanaa — administrative division
• Iranian Persian: ناحِیِه (nâhiye) — administrative division
• Iranian Persian: بَخْش (baxš) — administrative division
• Plautdietsch: Kjreiss — administrative division
• Polish: dzielnica — administrative division
• Polish: dystrykt — administrative division
• Portuguese: distrito — administrative division
• Romanian: district — administrative division
• Romanian: raion — administrative division
• Romanian: județ — administrative division
• Russian: райо́н (rajón) — administrative division
• Russian: о́круг (ókrug) — administrative division
• Russian: о́бласть (óblastʹ) — administrative division
• Russian: ди́стрикт (dístrikt) — administrative division
• Russian: дистри́кт (distríkt) — administrative division
• Rutul: район (rajon) — administrative division
• Scots: destrict — administrative division
• Scottish Gaelic: sgìre — administrative division
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏та̄р — administrative division
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍtār — administrative division
• Slovak: štvrť — administrative division
• Slovak: okres — administrative division
• Slovene: okraj — administrative division
• Slovene: okrožje — administrative division
• Spanish: distrito — administrative division
• Sranan Tongo: distrikti — administrative division
• Swedish: distrikt — administrative division
• Tabasaran: район (rajon) — administrative division
• Tagalog: distrito — administrative division
• Tajik: ноҳия (nohiya) — administrative division
• Tajik: маҳалла (mahalla) — administrative division
• Tajik: гузар (guzar) — administrative division
• Tamil: மாவட்டம் (māvaṭṭam) — administrative division
• Telugu: జిల్లా (jillā) — administrative division
• Thai: อําเภอ (am-pəə) — administrative division
• Thai: เขต (kèet) — administrative division
• Turkish: ilçe — administrative division
• Turkmen: raýon — administrative division
• Turkmen: etrap — administrative division
• Ukrainian: о́круг (ókruh) — administrative division
• Ukrainian: райо́н (rajón) — administrative division
• Ukrainian: дільни́ця (dilʹnýcja) — administrative division
• Urdu: ضِلَع (zila') — administrative division
• Uzbek: nohiya — administrative division
• Uzbek: okrug — administrative division
• Uzbek: rayon — administrative division
• Vietnamese: quận — administrative division
• Vietnamese: quận hạt — administrative division
• Vietnamese: địa hạt — administrative division
• Vietnamese: hạt — administrative division
• Vietnamese: địa khu — administrative division
• Vietnamese: khu — administrative division
• Yakut: улууһа (uluuha) — administrative division
• Yiddish: שטח (shetekh) — administrative division
• Arabic: مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa) — area or region
• Belarusian: рэгіён (rehijón) — area or region
• Bulgarian: райо́н (rajón) — area or region
• Bulgarian: уча́стък (učástǎk) — area or region
• Bulgarian: о́бласт (óblast) — area or region
• Catalan: comarca — area or region
• Chichewa: dzíko — area or region
• Chinese Mandarin: 地區 /地区 (dìqū) — area or region
• Corsican: distrettu — area or region
• Czech: oblast — area or region
• Czech: kraj — area or region
• Dutch: gebied — area or region
• Dutch: regio — area or region
• Finnish: alue — area or region
• Finnish: seutu — area or region
• Galician: bisbarra — area or region
• Galician: comarca — area or region
• Greek: περιοχή (periochí) — area or region
• Hungarian: vidék — area or region
• Hungarian: terület — area or region
• Hungarian: körzet — area or region
• Hungarian: negyed — area or region
• Hungarian: környék — area or region
• Irish: dúiche — area or region
• Italian: distretto — area or region
• Japanese: 地方 (chihō) — area or region
• Japanese: 地域 (chiiki) — area or region
• Korean: 지방 (jibang) — area or region
• Korean: 구역 (guyeok) — area or region
• Lithuanian: apskritis — area or region
• Māori: taiwhenua — area or region
• Iranian Persian: مَنْطَقِه (mantaġe) — area or region
• Iranian Persian: ناحِیِه (nâhiye) — area or region
• Plautdietsch: Jäajent — area or region
• Portuguese: distrito — area or region
• Portuguese: região — area or region
• Portuguese: zona — area or region
• Romanian: regiune — area or region
• Romanian: district — area or region
• Russian: райо́н (rajón) — area or region
• Russian: уча́сток (učástok) — area or region
• Russian: о́бласть (óblastʹ) — area or region
• Scottish Gaelic: sgìre — area or region
• Swahili: wilaya — area or region
• Tajik: минтақа (mintaqa) — area or region
• Tajik: ноҳия (nohiya) — area or region
• Thai: อําเภอ (am-pəə) — area or region
• Thai: เขต (kèet) — area or region
• Ottoman Turkish: ایل (il) — area or region
• Ottoman Turkish: طوپراق (toprak) — area or region
• Ottoman Turkish: ارض (arz) — area or region
• Ottoman Turkish: تراب (türâb) — area or region
• Ukrainian: регіо́н (rehión) — area or region
• Urdu: عِلاقَہ ('ilāqa) — area or region
• Welsh: bro — area or region
• Bulgarian: районирам (rajoniram) — to divide into districts