District vs Malapportionment - 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
(politics) Any system where one group has significantly more influence than another, such as when voting districts are unevenly spread out across a population (compare gerrymandering).
As nouns the difference between district and malapportionment
is that district is an administrative division of an area while malapportionment is any system where one group has significantly more influence than another, such as when voting districts are unevenly spread out across a population (compare gerrymandering).As a verb district
is to divide into administrative or other districts.As an adjective district
is rigorous; stringent; harsh.As a proper noun District
is the District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States.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
