District of Columbia

English

Alternative forms

• DC, D.C., D. C. (abbreviations)

Proper noun

the District of Columbia

1. The federal capital region of the United States of America.

   Synonym: District of Criminals (slang, derogatory, humorous)

   • 2018 May 10, Stephen Dinan, “Half of all Americans now live in ‘sanctuaries’ protecting immigrants”, in The Washington Times‎^[1]:

     Entire states such as California, Illinois and New York are now sanctuaries, as well as major cities and counties such as Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and the District of Columbia in the capital region, according to the list.

Usage notes

• The City of Washington was previously a municipality within the District of Columbia until 1871, when the two entities were merged. For this reason, the district is also generally known as Washington, D.C.

Translations

federal capital of the United States of America

• Arabic: مُقَاطَعَة كُولُومْبِيَا f (muqāṭaʕat kulumbiyā)
• Catalan: Districte de Colúmbia m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 哥倫比亞特區 / 哥伦比亚特区 (go¹ leon⁴ bei² aa³ dak⁶ keoi¹)

  Mandarin: 哥倫比亞特區 / 哥伦比亚特区 (zh) (Gēlúnbǐyǎ tèqū)

• Corsican: Distrettu di Columbia m
• Finnish: Columbian liittopiiri, District of Columbia (fi)
• French: District de Columbia m, district de Columbia m
• Georgian: კოლუმბიის ოლქი (ḳolumbiis olki)
• Hindi: कोलंबिया का ज़िला m (kolambiyā kā zilā)
• Italian: Distretto di Columbia m
• Japanese: コロンビア特別区 (Koronbia tokubetsuku)
• Lao: ດິດທຣິກອັອບໂຄລອມເບຍ (dit tha rik ʼǫp ōm bīa)
• Latin: Districtus Columbiae m
• Navajo: Kináhálgaií
• Occitan: Districte de Colúmbia m
• Polish: Dystrykt Kolumbii (pl) m
• Portuguese: Distrito de Colúmbia (pt) m
• Russian: О́круг Колу́мбия m (Ókrug Kolúmbija)
• Scots: Destrict o Columbie
• Spanish: Distrito de Columbia m
• Telugu: కొలంబియా జిల్లా (kolambiyā jillā)
• Thai: เขตโคลัมเบีย
• Vietnamese: Đặc khu Columbia, Quận Columbia

See also

• federal district
• federal territory

Further reading

• District of Columbia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia