Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

federal city

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables: fed-er-al c-i-ty
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A title applied variously to Bonn (Germany), Bern (Switzerland), or Sevastopol (Crimea).

noun

Washington, D.C.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of federal city.

Example Sentences

"According to the Act of the State of Maryland "Concerning the Territory of Columbia and the City of Washington," the Federal City is thus bounded : [...]"

Inflected Forms

federal cities (plural)

Questions

What does federal city mean?: A title applied variously to Bonn (Germany), Bern (Switzerland), or Sevastopol (Crimea).

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