Dumbarton Oaks

[ duhm-bahr-tn ]

noun

1. an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.

Dumbarton Oaks

/ ˈdʌmˌbɑːtən /

noun

1. an estate in the District of Columbia in the US: scene of conferences in 1944 concerned with creating the United Nations

Example Sentences

He didn't look like a Dumbarton Oaks product: I thought he was more likely an alumnus of some private detective agency.

From Project Gutenberg

He was one of my instructors at Dumbarton Oaks, and I have always had the deepest respect and admiration for him.

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