District of Columbia

English

Proper noun

District of Columbia

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

Alternative forms

• DC, D.C., D. C. (abbreviations)

Usage notes

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..

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
• Italian: Distretto di Columbia m
• Japanese: コロンビア特別区 (Koronbia tokubetsuku)
• Lao: ດິດທຣິກອັອບໂຄລອມເບຍ (dit tha rik ʼǫp khō lǭm 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