District of Columbia

English Alternative forms en DC D.C. D. C. abbreviations thumb|240px|Flag of the District of Columbia region Q61 en Location of the District of Columbia in the United States Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-District of Columbia.wav Southern England Proper noun district of Columbia 1 en The federal capital region of the <<c/United States of America>>. en District of Criminals<ll:slang,derogatory,humorous> en Stephen Dinan Half of all Americans now live in ‘sanctuaries’ protecting immigrants w:The Washington Times https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/10/half-of-americans-now-live-in-sanctuaries/ 2018-05-10 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20190314205809/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/10/half-of-americans-now-live-in-sanctuaries/ Usage notes The City of Washington was previously a municipality within the District of Columbia until 1871, when the two entities were merged. For this reason, the district is also generally known as Washington, D.C. Translations federal capital of the United States of America Arabic: ar مُقَاطَعَة كُولُومْبِيَا f muqāṭaʕat kulumbiyā Belarusian: be акру́га Калу́мбія f Catalan: ca Districte de Colúmbia m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 哥倫比亞特區 go1 leon4 bei2 aa3 dak6 keoi1 Mandarin: cmn 哥倫比亞特區 Gēlúnbǐyǎ tèqū Corsican: co Distrettu di Columbia m Finnish: fi Columbian liittopiiri, fi District of Columbia French: fr District de Columbia m, fr district de Columbia m Georgian: ka კოლუმბიის ოლქი Hindi: hi कोलंबिया का ज़िला m Italian: it Distretto di Columbia m Japanese: ja コロンビア特別区 Koronbia tokubetsuku Lao: lo ດິດທຣິກອັອບໂຄລອມເບຍ Latin: la Districtus Columbiae m Navajo: nv Kináhálgaií Occitan: oc Districte de Colúmbia m Polish: pl Dystrykt Kolumbii m Portuguese: pt Distrito de Colúmbia m Russian: ru о́круг Колу́мбия m Scots: sco Destrict o Columbie Spanish: es Distrito de Columbia m Telugu: te కొలంబియా జిల్లా Thai: th เขตโคลัมเบีย Ukrainian: uk о́круг Колу́мбія m Vietnamese: vi Đặc khu Columbia, vi Quận Columbia See also en federal district federal territory en Washington, D.C.