(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a particular area of a town or country.
I drove around the business ~.
...Nashville’s shopping ~.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
2.
A ~ is an area of a town or country which has been given official boundaries for the purpose of administration.
...the home of the governor of the ~.
N-COUNT: with supp, oft N n