districts
地区
解説 Definition
districts は district（地区、区域）の複数形です。町や国の中で、行政・学校・商業などの目的で分けられた複数の地域を表します。
Districts are defined areas within a city, region, or country, often created for administration, education, elections, commerce, or another particular purpose. The word is the plural form of district.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
district「地区・区域」の規則的な複数形で、-s を加えて districts。語末が無声音 /t/ なので複数語尾は /s/ と発音する。city districts、school districts、shopping districts のように、行政・教育・商業などの目的で境界を引かれた複数地域を思い浮かべる。単なる近隣地域 neighborhood より区分が明確。
Start with one district and add -s for more than one: districts. Because district ends in the voiceless sound /t/, the plural ending is pronounced /s/. Picture a map divided by clear boundaries for particular purposes. A city may have business districts, a region may have school districts, and a country may have electoral districts. This helps distinguish a district from a neighborhood: a neighborhood is usually understood through local community or location, while a district often has an official, functional, or recognized boundary. Learn the full combinations rather than treating districts as merely another word for places.
例文
The city has five districts.
その市には5つの地区があります。
These districts are very busy in the morning.
これらの地区は朝とても混雑します。
New schools will open in two districts.
2つの地区に新しい学校が開校します。
districts の類義語・関連語
districts の語源・成り立ち Etymology
districts は district の複数形で、古フランス語を経て中世ラテン語 districtus「管轄された区域」に由来する。さらに dis-「離して」＋ stringere「強く引く」にさかのぼり、「権力で線引きされた範囲」から「地区」になった。関連語は strict, constrain。
Districts is the regular plural of district. District entered English through French from Medieval Latin districtus, referring to an area under legal authority or jurisdiction. The word is historically connected with Latin distringere, “to draw tight” or “compel,” formed from dis- and stringere, “to bind or draw tight.” The sense developed from the exercise of authority over a defined area to the area itself. In districts, the plural -s is pronounced /s/ after /t/.
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