District

proper nouncommon in dialogue

The District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States.

proper noun

1
informalThe District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States.
2
Any of numerous governmental districts.
3
The District Line of the London Underground, originally known as the District Railway.
The District seems complacently salubrious. It is green on the Tube map, an inoffensive colour. It has not one but two bridge crossings of the Thames, which seems greedy when you think that no other [underground] line has even one.

distribution · An act of distributing or state of being distributed.distributor · One who or that which distributes.district · An administrative division of an area.

District · The District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States.

distrust · Lack of trust or confidence.disturb · to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous…disturbance · The act of disturbing, being disturbed.

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