distrik.
district: an administrative division of an area
Meaning & usage
district: an administrative division of an area a third level administrative division (previously Dutch onderdistrict (“subdistrict”), in Dutch East Indies period) in Papua and West Papua only
district: an administrative division of an area a native level administrative division in Java, below Dutch regentschap (“regency”) or Indonesian kabupaten and above Dutch onderdistrict (“subdistrict”) or Indonesian kecamatan, headed by a wedana
Where this word comes from
From Dutch district, 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 distringō, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).
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