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English Dictionary: Department of the Interior by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Department of the Interior
n
  1. the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849
    Synonym(s): Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior, DoI
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Interior \In*te"ri*or\, n.
      1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a
            thing; the inside.
  
      2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.
  
      {Department of the Interior}, that department of the
            government of the United States which has charge of
            pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians,
            education, etc.; that department of the government of a
            country which is specially charged with the internal
            affairs of that country; the home department.
  
      {Secretary of the Interior}, the cabinet officer who, in the
            United States, is at the head of the Department of the
            Interior.
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