District vs Campus - What's the difference?
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An administrative division of an area.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
(UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
(obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
* Foxe
The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-24, volume=408, issue=8850, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
, title= An institution of higher education and its ambiance.
To confine to campus as a punishment.
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As a proper noun district
is (with determiner|informal) the district of columbia, the federal district of the united states.As a noun campus is
campus (of an educational institution, etc).district
English
(wikipedia district)Noun
(en noun)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
- the Lake District in Cumbria
- South Oxfordshire District Council
Derived terms
* congressional district * districthood * electoral district * school districtDerived terms
* redistrictAdjective
(en adjective)- punishing with the rod of district severity
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English
Noun
(es)Mr Geek goes to Washington, passage=From their corporate campuses on the west coast, America’s technology entrepreneurs used to ignore faraway Washington, DC—or mention the place only to chastise it for holding back innovation with excessive regulation. They have, at times, invested in the low politics of self-interested lobbying […]. Yet unlike Wall Street