different between metropolitan vs district
metropolitan
English
Etymology
From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (m?tropolít?s).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m?t???p?l?t?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /m?t???p?l?t?n/
Noun
metropolitan (plural metropolitans)
- (Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. [from 15th c.]
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 514:
- Yet from the late thirteenth century the metropolitan based himself either in Moscow or Vladimir-on-the-Kliazma, which was also in Muscovite territory, and it became the ambition of the Muscovites to make this arrangement permanent.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 514:
- The inhabitant of a metropolis. [from 18th c.]
Translations
Adjective
metropolitan (comparative more metropolitan, superlative most metropolitan)
- (Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. [from 15th c.]
- Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement. [from 16th c.]
Antonyms
- non-metropolitan
Translations
Ladin
Adjective
metropolitan m (feminine singular metropolitana, masculine plural metropolitans, feminine plural metropolitanes)
- metropolitan
Romanian
Etymology
From French métropolitain.
Noun
metropolitan n (plural metropolitane)
- (dated) metro, subway, underground
Declension
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district
English
Etymology
From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) +? stringere (“to draw tight, strain”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?s?tr?kt, IPA(key): /?d?st??kt/
- Hyphenation: dis?trict
Noun
district (plural districts)
- An administrative division of an area.
- the Soho district of London
- An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
- the Lake District in Cumbria
- (Britain) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
- South Oxfordshire District Council
Derived terms
Related terms
- districtual
Translations
Verb
district (third-person singular simple present districts, present participle districting, simple past and past participle districted)
- (transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.
Derived terms
- redistrict
Translations
Adjective
district (comparative more district, superlative most district)
- (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
- 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments
- punishing with the rod of district severity
- 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments
Further reading
- district in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- district in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- district at OneLook Dictionary Search
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch district, from Middle French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distring?, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + string?, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s?tr?kt/
- Hyphenation: dis?trict
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
district n (plural districten, diminutive districtje n)
- district
Derived terms
- kiesdistrict
Descendants
- Afrikaans: distrik
- ? Indonesian: distrik
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.t?ikt/, /dis.t?ik/
Noun
district m (plural districts)
- district
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distring?, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + string?, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).
Noun
district m (plural districts)
- (Jersey) district
Romanian
Etymology
From French district
Noun
district n (plural districte)
- district
Declension
district From the web:
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