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/dɪpˈɑrtmənt əv ðə ɪntˈɪriər/ Listen

noun

Interior n.

That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.

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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— The Nation's River - The Department of the Interior Official Report on the Potomac • United States Department of the Interior

... token of respect to the memory of the late President, James A. Garfield, the Department of the Interior and the several bureaus and offices thereof will be closed to public business until ...

— Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Vol. VIII.: James A. Garfield • James D. Richardson