FEDERAL DISTRICT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("federal district" is a kind of...):

administrative district; administrative division; territorial division (a district defined for administrative purposes)

Instance hyponyms:

D.C.; DC; District of Columbia (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)

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