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Wouldn't the short of Washington DC simply be DC?
by arwineap 8y ago
Wouldn't the short of Washington DC simply be DC?
- tajen 8y agoIsn’t the state of Washington in Seattle? which means something else entirely.
- itchyjunk 8y agoSeattle[0] is the city in the state called Washington[1]. I was under the impression that when just 'Washington' was used, it refereed to the state. But looks like even Washington, D.C (formally District of Colombia [2]) is called just Washington[2]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_(state) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_(state)
- craftyguy 8y agoDirect Current? Joking aside, ambiguous 2 letter acronyms is not really a good way to reference a US city, since there are folks here who are not in the US.
- andrewflnr 8y agoSometimes, other times no. Referring to the seat of the US government as "Washington" is apparently just too much fun for journalist types, so an unqualified reference to it is often ambiguous in practice.
- almostApatriot1 8y agoyes, or even "The District"
- toomanybeersies 8y agoTo the rest if the world, no. Washington is used to refer to the whole country of the USA