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
Example Sentences
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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
D.C. students had the lowest scores of kids in any major urban district, and enrollment was plummeting.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Salaries for teachers in Oakland are the lowest of any major urban district, he said.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2023
“Alberto Carvalho brings the deep experience we need as an educator and leader of a large urban district to manage L.A. Unified’s ongoing response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic,” Gonez said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING, an urban district in the Houghton-le-Spring parliamentary division of Durham, England, 6 m.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
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