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Distrito Federal

American  
[dees-tree-taw fe-the-rahl] / disˈtri tɔ ˌfɛ ðɛˈrɑl /

noun

Spanish.
  1. Federal District. D.F.


Distrito Federal British  
/ disˈtritu fedeˈral /

noun

  1. a district in S central Brazil, containing Brasília: detached from Goiás state in 1960. Pop: 2 145 839 (2002). Area: 5815 sq km (2245 sq miles)

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Like Iñárritu, I still lived in Mexico City, then known as Distrito Federal, when “Amores Perros” was released.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Piquet, who did not reply to a request for comment from The Associated Press, will have 15 days to state his case to judge Felipe Costa da Fonseca Gomes of the Distrito Federal court.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022

In September, the fake account checked him into Distrito Federal, Mexico, where it said he was “feeling loved.”

From Washington Post • May 4, 2018

Visiting Distrito Federal never failed to remind him of the delicate, capricious cascade of events that had shaped the geopolitical fortunes of the Americas.

From The Verge • Dec. 17, 2017

Peromyscus truei gratus from Distrito Federal also shows high variability in all these characters.

From A New Piñon Mouse (Peromyscus truei) from Durango, Mexico by Finley, Robert B.