What is D.C. after the word "Washington".
What is D.C. after the word "Washington".
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The official name of Washington D.C. is the "District of Columbia"
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Who named it?  Was it George Washington?
user
The name comes from the constitution.  It was first a territory, then the district, and then the capital.  The first name was "Washington", and the current name was named as "District of Columbia".
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Did George Washington reside in Washington, D.C, when he was the president of the United States?
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George Washington lived in the White House (the presidential residence) in Washington, D.C. in the years that he was the president of the United States.
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You may be right but I found this information online: "From 1790 to 1800, the city of Philadelphia was the new nation's capital and the President's House,"  Is that information incorrect?
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