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federal district¹

noun federal districts

  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.

Federal District²

proper noun

  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.

    Similar: Distrito Federal

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name federal district in central-western Brazil

EspañolDistrito Federal
日本語連邦直轄区 Renpō chokkatsu-ku, 連邦区 Renpō-ku
中文聯邦區 /联邦区 Liánbāng Qū
PortuguêsDistrito Federal
FrançaisDistrict fédéral
РусскийФедера́льный о́круг Federálʹnyj ókrug
العربيةدِيسْتْرِيتُو فِيدِيرَال dīstrītū fīdīrāl, اَلقِطَاع اَلفِدِرَالِيّ al-qiṭāʕ al-fidirāliyy

name federal district in Mexico

EspañolDistrito Federal
PortuguêsDistrito Federal

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@misc{federal_district_2026,
  title = {federal district},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/federal%20district},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}