district of columbia

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsD.C.DC

   Broaderfederal district

   Part ofUnited States

   PartsWashington

Questions about district of columbia

What does district of columbia mean?

district of columbia 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".

What is another word for district of columbia?

Close synonyms include D.C., 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 district of columbia a common word?

district of columbia 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.