Synonyms for district of columbia
dis·tric·t of co·lum·bia

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1. District of Columbianoun

   Synonyms:
   DC

2. District of Columbianoun

   The District of Columbia (U.S. federal district) is the federal capital of the United States of America. The City of Washington used to be a municipality within the District of Columbia until 1871 when two entities were merged. For this reason, the district is also generally known as Washington, D.C.

   Synonyms:
   DC

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1. District of Columbia, D.C., DCnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   direct electric current, direct current

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1. Tom Carper:

   The District of Columbia is not just a collection of government offices, monuments and museums. It is home to more than 600,000 people who build lives, families, and careers here, these Americans serve in our military, die defending our country, serve on our juries, and pay federal taxes. Yet, despite their civic contributions, they are not afforded a vote in either chamber of Congress.

2. Steven Pedigo:

   That's a pretty significant jump in becoming much more urban, the Austin metro area in 2010 was 1.7 million ; now it's about 2.3 million. It added about 570,000 people, which is about the size of the District of Columbia.

3. Andy Harris:

   Especially at a time of growing discord, to insinuate outright racial animosity by Republican members of Congress during legitimate debate about the merits and constitutionality of admitting the District of Columbia as a state is unbecoming of a representative and violates the rules of the House, mr. Jones thankfully realized his words were inappropriateand accepted the removal of the words from the record.

4. Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine:

   It is illegal to possess an assault rifle in the District of Columbia.

5. Vincent Gray:

   He loved the District of Columbia and so many Washingtonians loved him.