What is "anacostia"

Anacostia is a historic neighborhood in Washington, D.C. Its downtown is located at the intersection of Good Hope Road and Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue. It is located east of the Anacostia River, after which the neighborhood is named. Like the other quadrants of Washington, D.C., Southeast encompasses a large number of named neighborhoods, of which Anacostia and Capitol Hill are the most well known. Anacostia includes all of the Anacostia Historic District that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Often the name Anacostia is incorrectly used to refer to the entire portion of the city that is southeast of the Anacostia River.

Anacostia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by J. C. Shaffer, in 1968, and contains the species A. tribulella. It is found in North America, including Virginia.

Anacostia is a historic neighborhood in Washington, D.C.

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Anacostia is a soap opera web series that premiered on October 15, 2009, on YouTube. Created by and starring Anthony Anderson, it chronicles the drama among residents of the titular community in Washington, D. C.

The series was nominated for a 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series, and Martha Byrne won a Daytime Emmy the same year for Outstanding Performer in a New Approaches Drama Series for her performance as Alexis Jordan. Elizabeth Hubbard was nominated in 2016 for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for her role as Eva Montgomery.