washington d.c.
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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 (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | national capital, |
| definition | : | the capital city of a nation (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | potomac, |
| definition | : | term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C. (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | capitol, capitol building, |
| definition | : | the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | lincoln memorial, |
| definition | : | memorial building in Washington containing a large marble statue of Abraham Lincoln (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | washington monument, |
| definition | : | a stone obelisk built in Washington in 1884 to honor George Washington; 555 feet tall (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | white house, |
| definition | : | the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | capitol hill, the hill, |
| definition | : | a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | georgetown, |
| definition | : | a section of northwestern Washington, D.C. (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | d.c., dc, district of columbia, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | washingtonian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the capital of the United States (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | washingtonian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the capital of the United States (adj.pert) |
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