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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
d.c. | English | DC current | N/A |
D.C. | German | Internationale Donau-Kommission | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: D.C. |
| English words defined with "D.C.": Capitol Hill ♦ Daniel Chester French ♦ Foggy Bottom, French ♦ Knights of Pythias ♦ Potomac ♦ the Hill. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "D.C.": Da Capo ♦ EXPANSION, Experimental Programming Language ♦ Glisp ♦ LSL ♦ Marginal Hacks, MLISP ♦ NODC ♦ rated burden of an energising circuit, rated burden of an energizing circuit, rated power of an energising circuit, rated power of an energizing circuit ♦ Stephen Kleene ♦ TSL-1. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "D.C." is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (d.c.). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | D.C. President McKinley's Funeral Cortege at Washington (1901) Dennis Miller: Live from Washington D.C. (1993) Cleopatra D.C. (1989) D.C. Follies (1987) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shown is a 5-A-Day ad "The Original Fast Food" that appeared on metrobuses in the Washington D.C. area during September, 1993. The ad includes a running banana, orange juice box, tomoato, carrot and broccoli figurines. Credit: Fred Hirsch (photographer). |  | Old location of National Library of Medicine, Washington, D.C.. Credit: CDC. |
 | Kennedy and Shepard in Washington D.C.. Credit: NASA. |  | After completing the combat rifle portion of Defender Challenge 2000, Capt. Steve Sugiyama, from the 11th Wing at Bolling Air Force Base, D.C., ensures that all rounds issued had been fired at the ammunition declaration tent at Camp Bullis, Texas, Oct. 31. |
 | President Clinton meets 101-year-old World War II Gold Star Mother Winifred F. Lancy, from Plantation, Fla., at the National World War II Memorial Ground Breaking Ceremony in Washington D.C., Nov. 11. Escorting Lancy is her grandson, Senior Master Sgt. Ch. |  | At Howard University in Washington, D.C., chemist George Gassner records information as animal scientist Al Mitchell (left) and university scientist Hua Fu Song examine a cross-sectional magnetic resonance image from the abdominal area of a pig. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Resplendent cherry trees from Japan ring the Tidal Basin at Washington, D.C. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Dry point etching on copper of Wood Ducks by Walter E. Bohl, famous for his game bird renderings. Several of the artist's etchings are in a permanent collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page. |
 | Caption: Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, D.C.; Washington, DC; Unknown Date; {08.110/5} (jpg). |  | U.S. Public Health Service. : Architects Sketch of Service Headquarters, Washington, D.C.. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Pedestrian Perspective v.01" by Timothy Johnson Commentary: "This is a series of shots in D.C. of non-descipt buildings highlighting perspective." | "National Cathedral" by Kenn W. Kiser Commentary: "Entrance of the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., USA." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Ronald Reagan | Where else but in Washington D.C. would they call the department in charge of everything outdoors, the Department of the Interior. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Javitt, D.C., and Zukin, S.R. Recent advances in the phencyclidine model of schizophrenia. (references) | |
In 1820, eleven physicians met in Washington, D.C. to establish the first compendium of standard drugs for the United States. (references) | ||
More than 50 percent of juvenile arrestees in Los Angeles, Denver, and Washington, D.C. tested positive for marijuana, and 48.9 percent in San Diego. (references) | ||
Business | New England, Washington, D.C., Louisiana and other parts of the south are also becoming more popular. (references) | |
Taiwan military purchasing agencies (except DPD in Washington, D.C.) usually solicit foreign bids through open tendering. (references) | ||
The most popular destinations were New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Orlando, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Seattle. (references) | ||
Economic History | West Bank | Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0625-0217), Washington, D.C. (references) |
Seychelles | Area: 444 sq. km; approximately 2.5 times the size of Washington D.C. (references) | |
Korea | KDSA is a member of the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations in Washington, D.C. (references) | |
Political Economy | West Bank | On September 13, 1993, the U.S. hosted PLO Chairman Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Rabin when they signed the Declaration of Principles in Washington, D.C. (references) |
Colombia | A list of the names of such persons and companies is available from the Office of Foreign Assets Control/OFAC, Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C. 27220, Tel: (202) 622-2520, from the U.S. Embassy or via the Internet at the following address: http:\www.ustreas.gov\ofac. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | World Bank Officers for Argentina in Washington D.C. (references) |
Travel | Brazil | Also, in Sao Paulo and in Rio, taxi fares are comparable to large U.S. cities such as Washington D.C. (references) |
Bahrain | Two-week visas cost USD 13. Entry visas can also be obtained from the Bahraini Embassy in Washington, D.C. (references) | |
Barbados | Several U.S. commercial airlines fly directly to San Juan, Miami, Washington D.C., and New York, and by connecting flights to the rest of the world daily. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Mexico | The AFL-CIO, protesting the election, made a submission to the National Administrative Office (NAO) in Washington D.C. charged with oversight of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dan Rather | This is CBS News continuing live coverage of the apparent terrorist attacks today here in New York City and in Washington, D.C. |
James Dobson | Well, I was on the plane last night coming to Los Angeles from Washington, D.C., and I didn't see the program that was on, the documentary, but I've been hearing about it all day and, of course, I've been interested in him from a distance. |
Lynne Cheney | In Washington, D.C. And the first plane went in, and like everyone else, I thought and the security people with me thought that it was an accident. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "D.C." is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 73.10% of the time. "D.C." is used about 316 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 73.1% | 231 | 19,761 |
| Cardinal Number | 26.9% | 85 | 35,870 |
| Total | 100.00% | 316 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | D.C. Cook Holdings Plc. | USA | Verizon Washington, D.C., Inc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Language | Translations for "D.C."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | jaevnstroemsmotor med separatmagnetisering (separately excited d.c. motor). (various references) | |
Dutch | pulserende direct current (pulsating D.C., pulsed D.C., pulsed direct current), pulserende D.C. (pulsating D.C., pulsed D.C., pulsed direct current), onzuivere wisselspanning (pulsating D.C. voltage, pulsating direct voltage, superimposed A.C. and D.C. voltages), inwendige gelijkstroomweerstand (internal D.C. resistance), gelijkstroommotor met afzonderlijke bekrachtiging (separately excited d.c. motor). (various references) | |
Finnish | tasavirta (direct currect). (various references) | |
French | courant continu. (various references) | |
German | gleichstrom (DC, direct current), d.c. (International Danube Commission). (various references) | |
Greek | συνεχές ρεύμα (direct current). (various references) | |
Hebrew | זרם ישר. (various references) | |
Italian | corrente costante (DC current, direct current), corrente continua (direct current). (various references) | |
Portuguese | corrente contínua (direct current). (various references) | |
Russian | постоянный ток (direct current). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | da capo, rejon (area, district county, region). (various references) | |
Spanish | corriente continua (direct current). (various references) | |
Swedish | likström (dc, direct current). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Images: Digital Art 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Company Usage 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Bibliography |
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