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Noun: congressional district  kun'gre-shu-nul 'dis-trikt
  1. A territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives
    "The politician campaigned throughout her congressional district"

Derived forms: congressional districts

Type of: district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory

Part of: American state

Encyclopedia: Congressional district