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CAPITOL BUILDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet
Synonyms:
Capitol; Capitol Building
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
government building (a building that houses a branch of government)
Holonyms ("Capitol Building" is a part of...):
American capital; capital of the United States; Washington; Washington D.C. (the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791)
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