District vs Purlieu - What's the difference?
district | purlieu |
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
(historical) The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.
The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood.
*1886 , , The Princess Casamassima .
*:He seemed to wish to keep hold of him, and looked at him strangely, over his spectacles... when he learned that Hyacinth had taken a lodging not in their old familiar quarter but in the unexplored purlieus of Westminster.
As nouns the difference between district and purlieu
is that district is an administrative division of an area while purlieu is (historical) the ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.As a verb district
is to divide into administrative or other s.As a adjective district
is (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh.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
