D.C.

DC

abbr.

1. da capo

2. direct current

3. or D.C. District of Columbia

4. Doctor of Chiropractic

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D.C. (in the US and Canada)

abbreviation for

(Medicine) Doctor of Chiropractic

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

D.C. - 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 DC, District of Columbia U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 American capital, capital of the United States, Washington, Washington D.C. - 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