WA

WA

abbr.

1. Washington

2. with average

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WA

abbreviation for

1. (Placename) Washington (state)

2. (Placename) Western Australia

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

WA - a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific Evergreen State, Washington Pacific Northwest - a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia Mount Ranier National Park - a national park in Washington having mountain terrain featuring glaciers and alpine lakes and streams and swamps North Cascades National Park - a national park in Washington that is an alpine wilderness area featuring gold rush and logging campsites Olympic National Park - a national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Cape Flattery - a cape of northwestern Washington Aberdeen - a town in western Washington Bellingham - a town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border Kennewick - a town in southern Washington on the Columbia River capital of Washington, Olympia - capital of the state of Washington; located in western Washington on Puget Sound Seattle - a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Ranier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington Spokane - a city in eastern Washington near the Idaho border Tacoma - a city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound to the south of Seattle Vancouver - a town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon Walla Walla - a town in southeastern Washington near the Oregon border Yakima - a town in south central Washington Mount Saint Helens, Mount St. Helens, Mt. St. Helens - an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity Mount Adams, Adams - a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high) Lake Chelan - a narrow very deep lake in central Washington in the Cascade Range Columbia, Columbia River - a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring Inland Passage, Inside Passage - a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska Puget Sound - an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State Mount Ranier, Mount Tacoma, Mt. Ranier, Ranier - a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high) scablands - (geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington) Snake River, Snake - a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition