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. Eleanor Holmes Norton:

   The District of Columbia government and its residents should never be put in the position of uncertainty of any kind about any of their local laws.

2. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser:

   A lot of reasonable people have a different view of this issue, i have a lot of things to do here in the District of Columbia, and me being in jail wouldn't be a good thing.

3. Steny Hoyer:

   The House doctor was concerned because the numbers in the District of Columbia are going up, not down.

4. The Trump administration:

   This Court's injunction directly undermines the Executive's constitutional and statutory authority to enact new regulations to address the ongoing border crisis and conflicts with a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that denied a temporary restraining order of the same rule based on a similar record of alleged harms to the Plaintiffs.

5. Tiffany Bowden:

   Definitely, the District of Columbia is the next frontier for legalization.