washington d.c.

Questions about washington d.c.

What does washington d.c. mean?

washington d.c. 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 washington d.c.?

Close synonyms include Washington, American capital, capital of the United States. 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 washington d.c. a common word?

washington d.c. 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.