| has gloss | (noun) a district of a town or city
city district |
| lexicalization | eng: city district |
| subclass of | (noun) a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion |
| has subclass | (noun) a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of 1849); "we'll tolerate no Barbary Coast in this city!"
Barbary Coast |
| has subclass | (noun) a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
precinct |
| has subclass | (noun) the central area or commercial center of a town or city; "the heart of Birmingham's downtown"
business district, downtown |
| has subclass | (noun) a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
ghetto |
| has subclass | (noun) a district with many brothels
red-light district |
| has subclass | (noun) a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"
quarter |
| has subclass | (noun) the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water
waterfront |
| has subclass | (noun) a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
slum, slum area |
| has subclass | (noun) a city district known for its vice and high crime rate
tenderloin, combat zone |
| has subclass | (noun) the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
turf |
| has subclass | (noun) a city district where development receives special tax advantages
enterprise zone |
| has subclass | (noun) a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"
fringe, outskirt |
| has instance | (noun) the part of Berlin under United States and British and French control until 1989
West Berlin |
| has instance | (noun) a city district of central London laid out in garden squares
Bloomsbury |
| has instance | (noun) a city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs
Soho |
| has instance | (noun) a southeastern part of Greater London that is the site of the English national soccer stadium
Wembley |
| has instance | (noun) the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas
West End |
| has instance | (noun) a district of Los Angeles long associated with the American film industry
Hollywood |
| has instance | (noun) a fashionable neighborhood in San Francisco
Nob Hill |
| has instance | (noun) a fashionable section of Boston; site of the Massachusetts capital building
Beacon Hill |
| has instance | (noun) a section of Brooklyn on the Atlantic; known as an amusement center
Coney Island |
| has instance | (noun) a district of Manhattan; now largely a Black ghetto
Harlem |
| has instance | (noun) a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice
Hell's Half Acre, Hell's Kitchen |
| has instance | (noun) a district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts
South of Houston, SoHo |
| has instance | (noun) low-budget theaters located outside the Broadway area in Manhattan
off-Broadway |
| has instance | (noun) the area of Manhattan around the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue; heart of the New York theater district; site of annual celebration of New Year's
Times Square |