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FEDERAL DISTRICT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A district set apart as the seat of government of a federation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("federal district" is a kind of...):
administrative district; administrative division; territorial division (a district defined for administrative purposes)
Instance hyponyms:
D.C.; DC; District of Columbia (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)
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