America vs DC

America and DC both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
America	Yes	No	No	No
DC	Yes	No	No	No

America (noun)	DC (noun)
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776	the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia
North America and South America and Central America	an electric current that flows in one direction steadily