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districthood

districthood noun: the state of being a district.

Noun

districthood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a district.
    • Later NC Hill was granted districthood and in 1976, Mikir Hill District was renamed Karbi Anglong District.1990, P.S. Dutta, Ethnic movements in poly-cultural Assam, page 134
    • Your government has been accused of going soft on the Naga and Kuki agitators who blocked two national highways for 121 days last year over the Sadar Hills districthood issue.2012, 21 Jan, Oinam Sunil, "safeguard for Manipur's territorial integrity will be our main plank', The Times of India

Origin of districthood

From district + -hood.

Questions about districthood

What does districthood mean?
Districthood means the state of being a district.
What part of speech is districthood?
Districthood is a noun.

Words near districthood in the dictionary

  1. District of St. Mary's
  2. District of Yarmouth
  3. district officer
  4. district officers
  5. districted
  6. districthood
  7. districting
  8. distriction
  9. districtlike
  10. districtly
  11. districts

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