settled district
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A division of the country peopled with settlers, typically as opposed to ‘wild’ or Aboriginal territory.
Australian usage
Example Sentences
- "If we were down among the settled districts we'd be called tramps and beggars; and what's the difference?"
- "Arthur had responded to reports of increased violence in the interior by issuing a proclamation that the settled districts be cleansed of Aboriginal people."