District
District noun - An area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature.
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Synonyms for District
Suburb and district are semantically related in neighborhood topic. In some cases you can use "Suburb" instead a noun "District", when it comes to topics like neighbourhood.
Nearby Words: districted, districting
Suburb
Suburb noun - A residential district located on the outskirts of a city.
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Synonyms for Suburb
District and suburb are semantically related in area topic. You can use "District" instead a noun "Suburb", if it concerns topics such as neighborhood, neighbourhood.
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How words are described
| full | full district | full suburb |
| particular | particular district | particular suburb |
| normal | normal district | normal suburb |
| small | small district | small suburb |
| Other adjectives: entire, large, main, white, new, major, sleepy, former, wealthy, affluent, fictional, neighboring, western, posh, industrial, upscale, wealthier. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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A mostly residential and commercial district, it was formerly a large suburb and a first station on the historical Tokaido road betweeen Tokyo and Osaka.
Source: Useful Notes / Tokyo - Bully has the town of Bullworth, which has the rich suburb Old Bullworth Vale and the downtown political and commercial district Bullworth Town separated from the inner city ghetto New Coventry and the rough blue collar industrial neighborhood Blue Skies Industrial Park by a railway bridge.
Source: Urban Segregation -
On a more historical note, Tunisia is of interest to scholars of ancient history for being the heart of the old Carthaginian Empire—indeed, Carthage these days is a rather fashionable suburb (by which we mean district) of Tunis; the presidential palace and international airport are located there.
Source: Useful Notes / Tunisia
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