city district

/ˌsɪdi ˌdɪstrɪkt/

Other forms: city districts

Definitions of city district

1. noun

   a district of a town or city
   examples:

   West Berlin

   the part of Berlin under United States and British and French control until 1989

   Bloomsbury

   a city district of central London laid out in garden squares

   Soho

   a city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs

   Wembley

   a southeastern part of Greater London that is the site of the English national soccer stadium

   West End

   the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas

   Hollywood

   a district of Los Angeles long associated with the American film industry

   Nob Hill

   a fashionable neighborhood in San Francisco

   Beacon Hill

   a fashionable section of Boston; site of the Massachusetts capital building

   Coney Island

   a section of Brooklyn on the Atlantic; known as an amusement center

   Harlem

   a district of northern Manhattan; known as a center of African-American art and culture in the early 20th century

   Hell's Half Acre

   a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice

   South of Houston

   a district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts

   off-Broadway

   low-budget theaters located outside the Broadway area in Manhattan

   Times Square

   the area of Manhattan around the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue; heart of the New York theater district; site of annual celebration of New Year's

   types:

   Barbary Coast

   a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of 1849)

   precinct

   a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

   business district, downtown

   the central area or commercial center of a town or city

   ghetto

   a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions

   red-light district

   a district with many brothels

   quarter

   a district of a city having some distinguishing character

   waterfront

   the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water

   slum, slum area

   a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions

   combat zone, tenderloin

   a city district known for its vice and high crime rate

   turf

   the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own

   enterprise zone

   a city district where development receives special tax advantages

   fringe, outskirt

   a part of the city far removed from the center

   police precinct, precinct

   a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force

   election district, voting precinct

   one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place

   Tin Pan Alley

   a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business

   ghetto

   formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live

   casbah, kasbah

   an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located

   medina

   the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa

   seafront

   the waterfront of a seaside town

   dockyard

   an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired

   shantytown

   a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties

   skid road

   the district of a town frequented by loggers

   skid row

   a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts

   barrio

   a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)

   type of:

   district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory

   a region marked off for administrative or other purposes