federal city

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federal city (plural federal cities)

  1. A title applied variously to Bonn (Germany),[1] Bern (Switzerland),[2] or Sevastopol (Crimea).[3]
  2. (historical) Washington, D.C.
    • 1868, S. D. Wyeth, The Federal City; or, Ins and Abouts of Washington, 3rd edition, page 31:
      According to the Act of the State of Maryland "Concerning the Territory of Columbia and the City of Washington," the Federal City is thus bounded : [...]

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