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distrito federal

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Dis⋅tri⋅to Fe⋅de⋅ral

[dees-tree-taw fe-the-rahl]
–noun Spanish.
Federal District. Abbreviation: D.F.

Federal District

–noun
a district in which the national government of a country is located, esp. one in Latin America.
Portuguese and Spanish, Distrito Federal.

Mexico City

–noun
a city in and the capital of Mexico, in the central part. 8,906,000; ab. 7400 ft. (2255 m) above sea level.
Official name, Mé⋅xi⋅co, Dis⋅tri⋅to Fe⋅de⋅ral [me-hee-kaw dees-tree-taw fe-the-rahl] .
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Mexico City

Capital of Mexico and largest city in the country, located in central Mexico; the country's political, cultural, commercial, and industrial center.

Note: With more than eighteen million people, Mexico City is the second-largest city in the world, behind Tokyo.
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