dc

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun 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 an electric current that flows in one direction steadily

Four of them in NY, DC, LA and DT. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
BOX 9883, WASHINGTON DC 20015 Alma Lutz was born and brought up in North Dakota, graduated from the Emma Willard School and Vassar College, and attended the Boston University School of Business Administration. — Susan B. Anthony: Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian, Alma Lutz
FOOTNOTES: [DB] Mr. Steevens quotes an edition in 1606, but the preface expressly states, that they were composed in 1611.--"Duo propemodum anni elapsi sunt, ex quo primum Epigrammata haec (qualiacunque) raptim et festinanter perficiebam"--&c. [DC] History of English Poetry, iv. — Microcosmography: or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters, John Earle

District of Columbia, D.C.

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