Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun american_capital
1 sense of american capital
Sense 1
Washington, Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States -- (the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791)
INSTANCE OF=> national capital -- (the capital city of a nation)