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DCA

DCA

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A short name for Washington National Airport or other groups using the letters DCA
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  • And when I got to the airport, hey man, I knew I was flying into DCA and I was going to rent a car and I was going to take that car and go to Bowie State.

And OCA and DCA and BFM.

Examples

  • I was like, because had they not plucked me out of Washington, DCA great town, what would have happened to me?

  • When traveling to Washington, DCA is the closest airport to the city center.

  • Can we count on an interview from Washington, DCA year from now?

  • I was like some kind of exotic bird that had flown in from overseas, a toucan in Washington DCA Flamingo in New York City.

  • Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her closing message last night at the Ellipse in Washington, DCA brief scripted, of course, it was.

  • And OCA and DCA and BFM.

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  • I will be landing at DCA for my vacation next week.

  • Many tourists arrive in the capital through DCA each year.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

The word DCA is an airport code made from D.C. meaning 'District of Columbia' and the letter A meaning 'airport', so you can remember it as 'D.C. airport'. That's why flights shown as DCA are going to Washington's National Airport.