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DMV

English translation: District-Maryland-Virginia; DC-Maryland-Virginia

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English term or phrase:DMV
Selected answer:District-Maryland-Virginia; DC-Maryland-Virginia

07:08 Jul 30, 2010
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-08-02 16:54:10 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Geography
English term or phrase: DMV
(not referring to a certain sluggish state bureaucracy)
Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 04:38
District-Maryland-Virginia
Explanation:
Without any sort of context (at least what part of the world we're talking about), this is my guess. It's an abbreviation of District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, used for the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Selected response from:

Maja Basara
Croatia
Local time: 04:38
Grading comment
right on!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +1District-Maryland-Virginia
Maja Basara


Discussion entries: 9





  

Answers


2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dmv
District-Maryland-Virginia


Explanation:
Without any sort of context (at least what part of the world we're talking about), this is my guess. It's an abbreviation of District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, used for the Washington Metropolitan Area.

Maja Basara
Croatia
Local time: 04:38
Native speaker of: Croatian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
right on!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: very good, though some questions don't deserve answers.
33 mins
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