District of Columbia

English

Proper noun

District of Columbia

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

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..

Alternative forms

• DC, D.C., D. C. (abbreviations)

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