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Hrsanei Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

District of Columbia

Hi.

As washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia.

I wonder if that Columbia has anything to do with capital of state South Carolina.

Why is it name District of Columbia?

Thanks for your time
  

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C. The Washington part was named for the first president of the United States, George Washington. ) was named in honor of Christopher Columbus.

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  • The Washington part was named for the first president of the United States, George Washington.
  • ) was named in honor of Christopher Columbus.
  • Applied through poetical justice to Columbus, and first used by Dr.
  • " Now applied to the District containing the national capital, to counties in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin, and rivers in Oregon and Washington.
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Washington, D.C.

The Washington part was named for the first president of the United States, George Washington.

District of Columbia (D.C.) was named in honor of Christopher Columbus. Applied through poetical justice to Columbus, and first used by Dr. Timothy Dwight in a popular song written by him which began; Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world and the ch
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hrsaneiHi.As washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia.
I wonder if that Columbia has anything to do with capital of state South Carolina.

Why is it name District of Columbia?Thanks for your time

It has absolutley nothing to do with the capital of South Carolina.

Here's some history on Washington, DC.

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