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    CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 1791play

    Synonyms:

    American capital; capital of the United States; Washington; Washington D.C.

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    national capital (the capital city of a nation)

    Meronyms (parts of "capital of the United States"):

    Capitol; Capitol Building (the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet)

    Lincoln Memorial (memorial building in Washington containing a large marble statue of Abraham Lincoln)

    Washington Monument (a stone obelisk built in Washington in 1884 to honor George Washington; 555 feet tall)

    White House (the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States)

    Capitol Hill; the Hill (a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets)

    Georgetown (a section of northwestern Washington, D.C.)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Potomac (term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.)

    Holonyms ("capital of the United States" is a part of...):

    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)

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