Anacostia

[ an-uh-kaws-tee-uh, -kos- ]

noun

1. a section of the District of Columbia, in the SE part.

Example Sentences

Most of the marchers fell away en route, but by the end of June a Hooverville-like camp housing as many as 15,000 bedraggled men and their families had sprung up in the desolate, muddy Anacostia Flats area of Washington.

From Los Angeles Times

Hoover and his aides became progressively more fretful about the settlement at Anacostia Flats, especially when its organizers began to talk about making it permanent.

From Los Angeles Times

The tent camp in Anacostia was burned to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, decades later, Holmes no longer eats what he catches from the Anacostia as he’s learned more about the river, but teaches adults and children in the capital how to fish as the river undergoes something of a comeback.

From Seattle Times

Sometimes called D.C.’s “forgotten river,” the Anacostia River is shorter, shallower and harder to navigate than the more famous Potomac, which cuts through the city’s storied landmarks and is steeped in Revolutionary and American Civil War history.

From Seattle Times