FEDERAL DISTRICT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does federal district mean? 

• FEDERAL DISTRICT (noun)
  The noun FEDERAL DISTRICT has 1 sense:

1. a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation

  Familiarity information: FEDERAL DISTRICT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEDERAL DISTRICT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A district set apart as the seat of government of a federation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("federal district" is a kind of...):

administrative district; administrative division; territorial division (a district defined for administrative purposes)

Instance hyponyms:

D.C.; DC; District of Columbia (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)

 Context examples 

It is a "federal district" established by the US Constitution as the seat of government.

(District of Columbia, NCI Thesaurus)