Common Mistakes : District

noun

.BAD: We will be touring the famous fruit-growing districts .GOOD: We will be touring the famous fruit-growing regions

.BAD: The original inhabitants of the district were probably Chinese .GOOD: The original inhabitants of the region/area were probably Chinese

= district : N1. one of the official divisions of a city or country the London postal district the South Cambridgeshire District the Liverpool 8 district of Merseyside .Last winter several London health districts faced a cash crisis N2. an area in a city (or sometimes in a country) that has a particular quality or feature a very wealthy district one of the most deprived districts in the inner city an old slum district where the gangs operate : A region is usually a large area of a country and has no official boundaries .The President has declared the region a disaster area .Such expansion would most likely occur in the Amazon region .The people who live in this region have a strong accent

When you are unsure about which word to choose, use area . An area can be large or small and has a very general meaning