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District of Columbia, n.

the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia
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D.C. DC District of Columbia

semantic pointers

instance hypernym

federal district

part holonym

United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.

part meronym

Washington, Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States