federal district

1. 1.

   a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation

   Broaderadministrative district

   NarrowerDistrict of Columbia

Questions about federal district

What does federal district mean?

federal district means "a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation".

Is federal district a common word?

federal district 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.