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

(wikipedia community) (communities)

A group sharing a common understanding and often the same language, manners, tradition and law. See civilization.

* Hallam

Burdens upon the poorer classes of the community .

* Wordsworth

Creatures that in communities exist.

A community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime (Oscar Wilde)

A commune, or residential or religious collective.

The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Joseph Stiglitz)

, volume=188, issue=26, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Globalisation is about taxes too , passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today – with America standing out in the forefront and the UK not far behind.}}

(ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.

(internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for social, professional, educational or other purposes; a virtual community.

(obsolete) Common possession or enjoyment; participation.

* (John Locke)

The original community of all things.

* (Washington Irving)

An unreserved community of thought and feeling.

(obsolete) common character; likeness.

* H. Spencer

The essential community of nature between organic growth and inorganic growth.

(obsolete) commonness; frequency

* Shakespeare

Eyes sick and blunted with community .