Noun

(en noun)

An administrative division of an area.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’}}

the Soho district of London

An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.

the Lake District in Cumbria

(UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.

South Oxfordshire District Council

Noun

(en noun)

The outer edge of something.

the borders of the garden

* Bentham

upon the borders of these solitudes

* Barrow

in the borders of death

A decorative strip around the edge of something.

A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.

The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

* 2013 , Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles(in The Guardian , 1 May 2013)

The Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday the men had been killed on Tuesday in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, on the border of Kandahar just north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah.

(British) Short form of border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.