"District of Columbia" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=District of Columbia}} District of Columbia
  1. The federal capital region 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. Categories (place): Washington, D.C. Synonyms: DC, D.C., D. C. [abbreviation] Translations (federal capital of the United States of America): مُقَاطَعَة كُولُومْبِيَا (muqāṭaʕat kulumbiyā) [feminine] (Arabic), Districte de Colúmbia [masculine] (Catalan), 哥倫比亞特區 (Chinese Cantonese), 哥伦比亚特区 (go¹ leon⁴ bei² aa³ dak⁶ keoi¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 哥倫比亞特區 (Chinese Mandarin), 哥伦比亚特区 (Gēlúnbǐyǎ tèqū) (Chinese Mandarin), Distrettu di Columbia [masculine] (Corsican), Columbian liittopiiri (Finnish), District of Columbia (Finnish), District de Columbia [masculine] (French), district de Columbia [masculine] (French), Distretto di Columbia [masculine] (Italian), コロンビア特別区 (Koronbia tokubetsuku) (Japanese), ດິດທຣິກອັອບໂຄລອມເບຍ (dit tha rik ʼǫp khō lǭm bīa) (Lao), Districtus Columbiae [masculine] (Latin), Kináhálgaií (Navajo), Districte de Colúmbia [masculine] (Occitan), Dystrykt Kolumbii [masculine] (Polish), Distrito de Colúmbia [masculine] (Portuguese), О́круг Колу́мбия (Ókrug Kolúmbija) [masculine] (Russian), Destrict o Columbie (Scots), Distrito de Columbia [masculine] (Spanish), కొలంబియా జిల్లా (kolambiyā jillā) (Telugu), เขตโคลัมเบีย (Thai), Đặc khu Columbia (Vietnamese), Quận Columbia (Vietnamese)

Alternative forms

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