Dumbarton Oaks

[ duhm-bahr-tn ]

/ ˈdʌm bɑr tn /

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

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Dumbarton Oaks

/ (ˈdʌmˌbɑːtən) /

noun

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

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