federal city

See also: Federal City

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Noun

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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References
  1. Federal City of Bonn: Germany’s second political centre
  2. Political System – Facts and Figures
  3. Charron, Austin. Whose is Crimea? Contested Sovereignty and Regional Identity JSTOR
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