city district

Noun
  1. is a type of: district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
    subtypes:
    • 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
    specific instances:
    • 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 Manhattan; now largely a Black ghetto
    • hell's half acre, hell's kitchen - a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice
    • soho, 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
    is a part of: city - an incorporated administrative district established by state charter

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