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/əmˈɛrəkən kˈæpətəl/ Listen

American capital

noun

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. Synonyms: capital of the United States, Washington, Washington D.C..

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... sombre Smithsonian Institution; an intrigue and a duel filled some most doleful hiatus; and a clerk absconded with half a million, or an Indian agent robbed the red men and fell back to the protection of his "party." A very dismal, a very dirty, and a very Democratic settlement was the American Capital, till the war came. ...

— Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, - and His Romaunt Abroad During the War • George Alfred Townsend

Words linked to "American capital" : national capital, Capitol Hill, Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, Georgetown, Potomac, capitol, Capitol Building, the Hill, Washington Monument, White House, DC, Washington, D.C.