district meaning
EN
[ˈdɪstɹɪkt] 
US WDistrict
- A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by local government.
FR district 
- NounPLdistrictsPREdis-
- An administrative division of an area.
- ‘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. […]’
- 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
- An administrative division of an area.
- VerbSGdistrictsPRdistrictingPT, PPdistricted
- (transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.
- (transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.
- AdjectiveCOMmore districtSUPmost district
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The court intervened to reapportion the voting districts that had been unfairly laid out under the controlling party's regime.
- He manages to wrap every bit of pork for his district in the flag.
- He is, in large part, responsible for the hipification (some may say the crassification) of the neighborhood, a district east of SoHo and south of the East Village.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- They will laicise each of the schools in the district.
- A power surge at that generator created a blackout across the whole district.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of district in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Adjectives
- fr district
- en districts
- fr districts
- en districtly
- en districted
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "district" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.