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settled districts

settled districts is the plural of settled district.

Meaning of settled district

Noun

settled district (plural settled districts)

  1. (Australia, historical) A division of the country peopled with settlers, typically as opposed to ‘wild’ or Aboriginal territory.
    • If we were down among the settled districts we'd be called tramps and beggars; and what's the difference?1896, Henry Lawson, While Billy Boils

Questions about settled districts

What is settled districts the plural of?
Settled districts is the plural of settled district.

Words near settled districts in the dictionary

  1. settleables
  2. settled
  3. settled a score
  4. settled accounts with
  5. settled district
  6. settled districts
  7. settled down
  8. settled for
  9. settled in
  10. settled into
  11. settled on

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