district

A district is an area within a city or state. 



Word Structure

DIS-trikt

Sentence Examples

A district is a geographic area that you can draw on a map.

A city council seat represents a district.

The state legislature has 33 districts.

Semantic Relatives

Area

Constituent

County

Jurisdiction

Municipality Region



Textbook

Explore American Democracy Chapter 3 by Attainment

Deeper Dive

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