noun
1. a section of northwestern Washington, D.C.
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑residential district, ↑residential area, ↑community
• Part Holonyms: ↑Washington, ↑Washington D.C., ↑American capital, ↑capital of the United States
2. port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana
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the city was called Stabroek by the Dutch but was renamed Georgetown by the British in 1812
• Syn: ↑Stabroek
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑national capital, ↑port
• Part Holonyms: ↑Guyana, ↑Co-operative Republic of Guyana, ↑British Guiana
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Georgetown [Georgetown]
a fashionable and expensive district of ↑Washington, DC. It is on the ↑Potomac River and is the oldest area of the city. Georgetown University, one of the best in the country, was established in 1789.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.