federal city
See also: Federal City
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Noun edit
federal city (plural federal cities)
- A title applied variously to Bonn (Germany),[1] Bern (Switzerland),[2] or Sevastopol (Crimea)[3]
- (historical) Washington, D.C.
- 1868, S. D. Wyeth, The Federal City; or, Ins and Abouts of Washington[1], 3rd edition, page 31:
- According to the Act of the State of Maryland "Concerning the Territory of Columbia and the City of Washington," the Federal City is thus bounded : [...]
Translations edit
title applied to some European cities
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