English Explanatory Dictionary

federal district

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of federal subdivision, often composed of a capital city.
  2. In Russia, a grouping of federal subjects (top-level administrative divisions), created for the purpose of ensuring compliance of the containing federal subjects with national law.
name
  1. An administrative division of Brazil; located in the Center West Region of Brazil and containing the country's capital Brasilia
  2. Before 2016, the name formally given to Mexico City, the country’s capital.

Word forms

federal district federal districts

Synonyms

Distrito Federal

Related words

District of Columbia federal territory union territory

Derived words

Central Federal District Far Eastern Federal District North Caucasian Federal District Northwestern Federal District Siberian Federal District Southern Federal District Ural Federal District Volga Federal District
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