district

district
/dis"trikt/, n.
1. a division of territory, as of a country, state, or county, marked off for administrative, electoral, or other purposes.
2. a region or locality: the theater district; the Lake District.
3. Brit. a subdivision of a county or a town.
4. the District, the District of Columbia; Washington, D.C.
v.t.
5. to divide into districts.
[1605-15; ( < F) < ML districtus exercise of justice, (area of) jurisdiction, deriv. of L distringere to stretch out (see DISTRAIN), equiv. to di- DI-2 + strig- (base of stringere to bind, tie) + -tus suffix of verbal action]

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(as used in expressions)
Capital District of Santafé de Bogotá

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