Why is our nations capital named Washington D.C., and what does District of Columbia stand for?
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The term "District of Columbia" is derived from an old poetic name for the United States, Columbia, which has fallen out of common use since the early 20th century.\n\nFederal districts are subdivisions of a federal system of government. Often, these districts are not one of the countries' component subdivisions, and should not be confused with them, but are rather separate entities under the direct control of the federal government. The seat of the federal government is often located in a Federal District, so that no single individual component can exercise undue influence over federal affairs.
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DC stands for "Detective Comics." They chose this for a name due to the fact that many of their characters, Batman, Martian Manhunter, and to an extent Clark Kent are all in some form a detective.
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Some Jurisdictions exchange information, others do not.  Also when you say "Washington", no one knows whether you mean the State or D.C.
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Assuming that you are asking abt the Disctrict of Columbia. Here is the link with full details... \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%2C_D.C.\n\nAssuming that you are asking about the Country "Colombia" often misspelled as columbia, here is the link\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia\n\n.:Fishie:.
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The term "America" is not the formally correct name for anything in particular.  You're right: the name comes from Amerigo Vespucci.  If I remember correctly some French guy started calling the western hemisphere America, after that Vespucci dude's name, and it caught on.  An alternative name for the western hemisphere is "Columbia," as in Washington, District of Columbia or the South American country called by the Spanish version of the name "Colombia."  I guess somewhere along the line people started shortening the name United States of America to simply America.  Then that caught on.  I don't know why those people didn't just shorten it to USA.  Anyhow, I think when most people these days say "America" what they mean is USA.  Of course the case could be different in a few hundred years.  It's funny how language evolves, huh?
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The D. C. stands for District of Columbia.  At one time the city of Washington only took up a part of the Federal  District of Columbia.  Today, they are one and the same, all of the District of Columbia is taken up by the city of Washington.
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the "state" that you live in is actually a district, the district of columbia, or D.C. the city is Washington, in the District of Columbia. It is said Washington, D.C. just as you might say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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A capital is usually the seat of a Government, as in "Washington DC is the capital of the USA" or "Sacramento is the capital of California."\n\nA headquarters is the location of the administrative offices of a business or the staff of a military unit, such as "Ford Motor Company headquarters is in Dearborn."  or "General Patton's Headquarters was in Paris during WWII."
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The Capital was at first New York City Then Philadelphia and then they wanted a capital that wasnt in any state so they created washington district of columbia became capital in 1800
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You may know that we have 50 states in the U.S.  Washington, D.C., is of course our capital city.  You are right that the "D.C." stands for District of Columbia.  However, the two - "Washington" and "District of Columbia" - are the same thing, geographically.\n\nThere are no other "districts" - everyplace else is a state.\n\nNot a great answer, I know, but something Americans (I hope) understand.  Hard to explain to a non-American.\n\nTry a couple of websites:\nwww.washington.org (tourism website)\nwww.dc.gov (local city government website)
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There has only been one US capital city. There were none before Washington D.C. Before that, Congress worked in buildings in various cities, none of which were the capital.
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No.  The District of Columbia was established so that the working seat of American governement would not reside in a specific state.  \n\nThat way when Iowa and Maryland get into a urination contest one of them can't say "Well I am home to the whole freakin' government!"
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The team began as the Kansas City Blues in 1894 and moved to Washington in 1900.  There they were known as the Senators from 1901 until 1904.  In 1905 they changed their name to the Washington Nationals for one season.  They then remained the Senators until 1960 when they moved to Minnesota and became known as the Twins.  The "Minnesota" designation, instead of "Minneapolis", comes from the fact that the team is intended to represent the twin cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul (and, presumably, the entire state).
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Georgetown U, Washington,DC\nAmerican U, Washington, DC
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The District of Columbia is a federal district as specified by the United States Constitution. The U.S. Congress has ultimate authority over the District of Columbia, though it has delegated limited local rule to the municipal government.  The term "District of Columbia" is derived from an old poetic name for the United States, Columbia, which has fallen out of common use since the early 20th century.\n\nWashington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America, the federal district containing the city of Washington. The seat of the federal government is often located in a Federal District, so that no single individual component can exercise undue influence over federal affairs
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I think he means Georgetown University in Washington D.C.  That is our nation's capital.
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Washington is a federal city. It was awarded self government. However other than the USA Government located there  there is none.\nHopefully some day the feds will make this a truely federal city and remove the scum living there and reclaim it.