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    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 Virginiaplay

    Synonyms:

    D.C.; DC; District of Columbia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    federal district (a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation)

    Meronyms (parts of "District of Columbia"):

    American capital; capital of the United States; Washington; Washington D.C. (the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791)

    Holonyms ("District of Columbia" is a part of...):

    America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

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