Distrito Federal

[ dees-tree-taw fe-the-rahl ]

noun

, Spanish.

1. Federal District. : D.F.

Distrito Federal

/ disˈtritu fedeˈral /

noun

1. a district in S central Brazil, containing Brasília: detached from Goiás state in 1960. Pop: 2 145 839 (2002). Area: 5815 sq km (2245 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Mexicans refer to their capital as DF—short for Distrito Federal.

From The Daily Beast

The populations from the Distrito Federal seem to be incipient subspecies.

From Project Gutenberg

Peromyscus truei gratus from Distrito Federal also shows high variability in all these characters.

From Project Gutenberg

Argentina es una repblica federal, formada por catorce estados, diez territorios y un distrito federal.

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