d.c.

What does d.c. mean?

d.c. means "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".

How many syllables are in d.c.?

d.c. has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌdiˈsi/.

What is another word for d.c.?

Close synonyms include District of Columbia, DC. 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 d.c. a common word?

d.c. is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with d.c.?

37 words rhyme with d.c.. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for d.c. come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.