District of Columbia
Speech parts
1. District of Columbia - Noun
2. District of Columbia - Proper noun
Meaning
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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Examples
District of Columbia welfare. The welfare work of the District of Columbia is administered by several different boards dealing with charities and various correctional efforts. It would be an improvement if this work were consolidated and placed under the direction of a single commission.
The people of the District of Columbia are not the subjects of the people of the States, but free American citizens.
They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and use it as a compass to locate other monuments and eventually to find their way out of the great, gray federal wilderness.
The fact is, I can vote for anybody; independents, Republicans, Democrats. But I'm a registered Democrat in the District of Columbia.
Unidentified Congressman: Will the gentleman yield? Norton: I will not yield, sir! The District of Columbia has spent two hundred and six years yielding!
Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.