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Noun: capital of the United States
  1. The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
    - Washington, Washington D.C., American capital

Type of: national capital

Part of: D.C., DC, District of Columbia

Encyclopedia: Capital of the United States