» administrative division
Noun (1 meaning)
1. a district defined for administrative purposes.
administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
administrative division is a type of:
- district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion (noun) - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
types of administrative division:
- borough (noun) - one of the administrative divisions of a large city
- canton (noun) - a small administrative division of a country
- city (noun) - an incorporated administrative district established by state charter
- commune (noun) - the smallest administrative district of several European countries
- country, state, land (noun) - the territory occupied by a nation
- county (noun) - (United States) the largest administrative district within a state
- county palatine (noun) - the territory of a count palatine
- department (noun) - the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
- federal district (noun) - a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation
- municipality (noun) - an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
- prefecture (noun) - the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
- reservation, reserve (noun) - a district that is reserved for particular purpose
- school district (noun) - a district whose public schools are administered together
- shire (noun) - a former administrative district of England
- state, province (noun) - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- township, town (noun) - an administrative division of a county
- ward (noun) - a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
instances of administrative division:
- Khabarovsk (noun) - an administrative territory in Russia on the eastern coast of Siberia
- Lower Egypt (noun) - one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt
- Upper Egypt (noun) - one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt