A region or locality marked by a distinguishing feature, An administrative division of an area, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district, adjective_ obsolete Rigorous; stringent; harsh, transitive verb_ To mark off or divide into districts, verb_ regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns

an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government, A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village, A body of officials appointed to manage the affairs of a local political unit