capital of the united states

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsWashingtonWashington D.C.American capital

   Broadernational capital

   NarrowerPotomac

   Part ofDistrict of Columbia

   PartsCapitolLincoln MemorialWashington MonumentWhite HouseCapitol HillGeorgetown

Questions about capital of the united states

What does capital of the united states mean?

capital of the united states means "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".

What is another word for capital of the united states?

Close synonyms include Washington, Washington D.C., American capital. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is capital of the united states a common word?

capital of the united states is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.