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Bezirk — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • borough noun A town or district with its own local government, especially one of the administrative divisions of a larger city.
  • circuit noun A closed path that electric current can flow around, usually containing components like wires, switches, and resistors.
  • county noun An administrative or geographic division within a country or state.
  • district noun An area defined for administrative, political, or geographic purposes.
  • domain noun A field or area of activity, knowledge, or control.
  • region noun A large area of land or space treated as a unit because of its geography, its climate, its culture or the way it is governed.
  • suburb noun A residential area on the edge of a city, with its own local shops and services.

Senses

Bezirk is used for these senses in English:

  • borough An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
  • circuit The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
  • circuit (law) The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
  • county An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).
  • district An administrative division of an area.
  • domain A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
  • region An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
  • suburb (AU, Ireland, NZ, UK) Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.

circuit — full definition

  1. noun A closed path that electric current can flow around, usually containing components like wires, switches, and resistors.
  2. noun A regular route or series of venues that someone travels for work, sport, or performance.
  3. verb To travel all the way around something.

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