district of columbia
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The federal capital region of the United States.
Example Sentences
- "Entire states such as California, Illinois and New York are now sanctuaries, as well as major cities and counties such as Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and the District of Columbia in the capital region, according to the list."
Inflected Forms
the District of Columbia (canonical)
DC (alternative, abbreviation)
D.C. (alternative, abbreviation)
D. C. (alternative, abbreviation)