urban district
Americannoun
noun
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(in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and Northern Ireland from 1898 to 1973) an urban division of an administrative county with an elected council in charge of housing and environmental services: usually made up of one or more thickly populated areas but lacking a borough charter
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(in the Republic of Ireland) any of 49 medium-sized towns with their own elected councils
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A large urban district in Florida saw an increase in student test scores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
At Lodi Unified, a 28,000-student urban district in Central California, families will begin receiving a weekly letter with updates on school activities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
Salaries for teachers in Oakland are the lowest of any major urban district, he said.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2023
They said the new plan would worsen that funding problems, especially hurting the state’s largest urban district and some of its smallest rural districts.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
FRIMLEY, an urban district in the Chertsey parliamentary division of Surrey, England, 33 m.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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