Wash·ing·ton (w sh  ng-t n, wôshng-)1. Abbr. WA or Wash. A state of the northwest United States on the Pacific Ocean. It was admitted as the 42nd state in 1889. Originally explored by Capt. James Cook (1778), Washington was the object of a dispute between England and the United States until 1846, when its northern border was set at the 49th parallel. Washington is noted for its lumber and defense industries. Olympia is the capital and Seattle the largest city. Population: 6,130,000. 2. The capital of the United States, on the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland and coextensive with the District of Columbia. It was designed by Pierre L'Enfant and became the capital in 1800. In the War of 1812 the British captured and sacked (1814) Washington, burning most of the public buildings, including the Capitol and the White House. Population: 563,000.
Wash ing·toni·an (wshng-t n -n, wôshng-) adj. & n. |
Washington, Booker T(aliaferro) 1856-1915. American educator. Born into slavery, he acquired an education after emancipation and became the principal of Tuskegee Institute, which flourished under his tutelage (1881-1915). |
Washington, Lake A lake in west-central Washington on the eastern boundary of Seattle. |
Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis 1731-1802. First Lady of the United States (1789-1797) as the wife of President George Washington. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  Washington - the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791Capitol Building, Capitol - the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet Lincoln Memorial - memorial building in Washington containing a large marble statue of Abraham Lincoln Washington Monument - a stone obelisk built in Washington in 1884 to honor George Washington; 555 feet tall White House - the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States D.C., DC, District of Columbia - the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia Capitol Hill, the Hill - a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets; "they are debating the budget today on Capitol Hill" Georgetown - a section of northwestern Washington, D.C. | | 2. |  Washington - a state in northwestern United States on the PacificPacific 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 Bellingham - a town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border Kennewick - a town in southern Washington on the Columbia River 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 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 Puget Sound - an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State 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 | | 3. | Washington - the federal government of the United States | | 4. |  Washington - 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) | | 5. |  Washington - United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915) |
 Translations Washington [ˈwɔʃɪŋtən] n ( city, state) → Washington m
 Washington [ˈwɔʃɪŋtən] n (= city, state) → Washington m
 Washington [ˈwɔʃɪŋtən] n → Washington nt
 Washington [ˈwɔʃɪŋtən] n → Washington f
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