Associations to the word «Washington»

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Wiktionary

WASHINGTON, proper noun. George Washington, the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army of the American rebels and first President of the United States of America, from 1789 to 1797.
WASHINGTON, proper noun. Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States since 1800.
WASHINGTON, proper noun. (by synecdoche) The federal government or administrative authority of the United States.
WASHINGTON, proper noun. A state of the United States of America Capital: Olympia; largest city: Seattle.
WASHINGTON, proper noun. A town in the county of Tyne and Wear in the Northeast of England.
WASHINGTON, proper noun. A surname​.
WASHINGTON, proper noun. A male given name popular during the first century of American independence, also in the form George Washington.
WASHINGTON, noun. (slang) (American English) a one-dollar bill
WASHINGTON HAWTHORN, noun. Crataegus phaenopyrum, native to eastern North America.
WASHINGTON STATE, proper noun. The State of Washington.
WASHINGTON STATE, proper noun. Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, and the athletic teams thereof.

Dictionary definition

WASHINGTON, noun. 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 1791.
WASHINGTON, noun. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
WASHINGTON, noun. The federal government of the United States.
WASHINGTON, noun. 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799).
WASHINGTON, noun. United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915).

Wise words

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