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Washington   /wˈɑʃɪŋtən/  /wˈɔʃɪŋtən/   Listen
Washington

noun
1.
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.  Synonyms: American capital, capital of the United States, Washington D.C..
2.
A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.  Synonyms: Evergreen State, WA.
3.
The federal government of the United States.  Synonym: Capital.
4.
1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799).  Synonyms: George Washington, President Washington.
5.
United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915).  Synonyms: Booker T. Washington, Booker Taliaferro Washington.



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"Washington" Quotes from Famous Books



... We left Washington on April 1, and strung several of the larger Western cities on our thread of travel,—Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, St. Paul, Minneapolis,—as well as many lesser towns, in each of which the President made ...
— Camping with President Roosevelt • John Burroughs

... to his hotel. That's the same hotel which had been the George Washington Hotel, later the Cleveland House, and at this time was the Hotel McKinley, but with an intention soon to call it the Roosevelt House. If it's there now, it must be the ...
— Wide Courses • James Brendan Connolly

... metamorphosed. The red coat was changed for one of blue and buff, a sword was held in the hand instead of a sceptre, the head was decorated with a cocked hat, and underneath was painted in large characters, "GENERAL WASHINGTON." ...
— The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. • Washington Irving

... had kept the wires hot with messages to "the old man" in New York. To do him justice the president of the company rose to the occasion as soon as it was impressed upon his mind that Threewit and the others were in serious danger. He telegraphed for Lennox to meet him in Washington and hurried to the Capitol himself to lay the case before the senior Senator from New York, a statesman who happened to be under political ...
— Steve Yeager • William MacLeod Raine

... Court in the Italian Pavilion The Pavilion of Sweden Pavilions of Argentina and Japan (2) The New York State Building—Pacific Photo and Art Co. California Building Illinois and Missouri (2) Massachusetts and Pennsylvania (2) Inside the California Building Oregon and Washington (2) Aeroplane Flight ...
— The Jewel City • Ben Macomber


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