Word Finder - district

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An administrative division of an area.

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the Soho district of London

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An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.

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the Lake District in Cumbria

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An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.

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South Oxfordshire District Council

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To divide into administrative or other districts.

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Rigorous; stringent; harsh

I went to the diamond district in New York.

The trip took us out of the District on the Maryland side as we headed west through picturesque rolling hills and farm lands.

It lies in the densely populated district in the north-east of the county, between Stalybridge and Ashton-under-Lyne, and is served by the London & North Western and Great Central railways.

Prince Andrew had to see the Marshal of the Nobility for the district in connection with the affairs of the Ryazan estate of which he was trustee.

That was a misfortune no one could remedy, for the peasants of the district burned their hay rather than let the French have it.

It looked suspiciously like the warehouse district near the Annapolis port, and she smelled the sea on the air.

The centre of the mining district (Metalla of the itineraries) was probably about 5 m.

The district includes several caves, such as Victoria Cave, close to the town, where bones of animals, and stone, bone and other implements and ornaments have been discovered.

Joplin is the trade centre of a rich agricultural and fruit-growing district, but its growth has been chiefly due to its situation in one of the must productive zinc and lead regions in the country, for which it is the commercial centre.

Leathertanning and shoe-making are especially associated with the district called Langstraat, which is situated between Geertruidenberg and 's Hertogenbosch, and consists of a series of industrial villages along the course of the Old Maas.

My father is chief in command of the Third District, and my only way of avoiding active service is to serve under him.

The indebtedness of a county, municipality or school district is limited to 5% of the value of its taxable property.

It lies in a hilly well-wooded district above the valley of the small river Wye, a tributary of the Thames.

He must maintain a strictly impartial attitude of body and mind, accept no presents from the people of his district, and render judgment only when he is in a normal condition mentally and physically.

Very little is known about the town, which is the trade centre of a considerable district, including Kataghan, where the best horses in Afghanistan are bred.

Shortly after reaching Neheim it bends to the south-west, courses through the mining district around Hagen, and receives from the left the waters of the Lenne.

Norfolk is combined with Portsmouth in one customs district, the foreign trade of which in 1908 amounted to $11,326,817 in exports and $1,150,044 in imports.

In this part of the peninsula they ascend the hills to a considerable height, as they do in the Newara Eliya district of Ceylon, where they have been encountered at an elevation of over 7000 ft.

There is evidence that about three centuries ago elephants wandered in the forests of Malwa and Nimar, while they survived to a later date in the Chanda district of the Central Provinces.

His early years were spent in the performance of such labour as fell to the lot of every farmer's son in the new states, and in the acquisition of such education as could be had in the district schools held for a few weeks each winter.

In 1876 Garfield for the eighth time was chosen to represent his district; and afterwards as one of the two representatives of the Republicans in the House, he was a member of the Electoral Commission which decided the dispute regarding the presidential election of 1876.

There is a special cultivation of hops in the district north-west of 's Hertogenbosch.

In this last district, near the mouth of the old canal, stands a fine statue of Christopher Columbus, the gift of the empress Eugenie in 1870.

In the area of the Newer Appalachian Mountains, the eastern Panhandle region has a forest similar to that of the plateau district; but between these two areas of hardwood there is a long belt where spruce and white pine cover the mountain ridges.

The bituminous coal of West Virginia is a particularly good coking coal, and in 1905, 1906, 1907 and 1908 West Virginia ranked second (to Pennsylvania) among the states of the Union in the amount of coke manufactured; the Flat Top district is the principal cokemaking region.

A senator must be twenty-five years of age, and must have been a citizen of the state for five years and a resident of the district for one year preceding his election.

For each school district there is a board of education consisting of a president and two commissioners, each elected for a term of four years, one commissioner every two years.

A law enacted in 1908 requires that children between eight and fifteen years of age shall attend school twenty-four weeks each year, provided the public school in their district is in session that length of time.

The city extends for several miles along both sides of the river, and is in a good farming district, with which it is connected by stone roads.

An assistant District Attorney had called about prosecuting a felony drug possession, but the second note was upsetting.

Aliwal North was so called to distinguish it from Aliwal South, now Mossel Bay, the seaport of the pastoral Grasveld district, on the west side of Mossel Bay.

Bennigsen was a landlord in the Vilna province who appeared to be doing the honors of the district, but was in reality a good general, useful as an adviser and ready at hand to replace Barclay.

Ten minutes after each regiment had entered a Moscow district, not a soldier or officer was left.

With a lively arts district, a minor league hockey team and an active waterfront, this city draws many visitors from all over the country.

The menu caters to all ages, and the food is the highest quality to be found in the district.

The only stream passing through the district is the Kirni or Saki, which takes its rise in a marsh in the Gurdaspur district, and after traversing part of the district empties itself into the Ravi.

Numerous canals intersect the district, affording ample means of irrigation.

The town is governed by an urban district council.

The older name of the district was Abarshehr.

It has been ascertained from recent explorations that the area of carboniferous formation in that state extends from the Irwin northwards to the Gascoyne river, about 300 m., and probably all the way to the Kimberley district.

The finest residence district is on Bramhall Hill.

Sugar, rice, indigo and tropical fruits are the chief products of the fertile district in which the town lies; it is widely known for its fish-ponds and its excellent fish, and its principal manufactures are jusi, pina, ilang ilang perfume and sugar.

The better residential district of Holborn, which extends northward to Euston Road in the borough of St Pancras, is mainly within the parish of St George, Bloomsbury.

The town has considerable repute as a health resort, owing partly to its elevation (737 ft.) and partly to the natural charms of the district.

Golddredging, in the hands of rich companies, remains a primary source of wealth in the district.

The history of the city is unknown, though it is regarded as probable that it preserved its independence long after the Spaniards had taken possession of the rest of the district.

The costume of the women is different (often entirely so) in each village or district.

Leone to the west of Cagliari, and antimony and other metals near Lanusei, but in smaller quantities than in the Iglesias district, so that comparatively little mining has as yet been done there.

In the district of Gennargentu they occur, rarely, as much as 3600 ft.

Schweidnitz is the chief grain market of the district.