Washington

See also Washington, D.C.

English

Map of US highlighting the state of Washington

Etymology

Wikipedia

Habitational surname from the Old English place name "settlement of (a person named) Wassa".

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈwɑʃɪŋtən/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Washington

1. 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.
2. Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States since 1800.
3. (by synecdoche) The government or administrative authority of the United States.
4. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Olympia; largest city: Seattle.
5. A town in the county of Tyne and Wear in the Northeast of England.
6. A surname.
7. A male given name popular during the first century of American independence, also in the form George Washington.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Derived terms

• WA
• Washington, D.C.
• Washingtonian
• Washington's Birthday

Translations

Washington

• Arabic: واشنطن (ar) (wašinṭūn) m
• Armenian: Վաշինգտոն (hy) (Vašington)
• Belarusian: Вашынгтон (be) (Vašynhtón) m
• Bengali: ওয়াশিংটন (bn)
• Bulgarian: Вашингтон (bg) (Vašington) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 華盛頓 (cmn), 华盛顿 (cmn) (Huáshèngdùn)

• Czech: Washington (cs) m
• Esperanto: Vaŝingtonio (eo)
• Finnish: Washington (fi)
• French: Washington (fr)
• German: Washington (de) n
• Greek: Ουάσιγκτον (el) (Ouásinkton)
• Hebrew: וושינגטון (he) (voshington) m
• Hindi: वॉशिंगटन (hi) (vośiṅgṭan) m
• Japanese: ワシントン (ja) (Washinton)
• Khmer: វ៉ាស៊ីនតោន (km) (vaasiintaon)
• Korean: 워싱턴 (ko) (Wosingteon)
• Lao: ວໍຊິງຕັນ (lo)

• Lithuanian: Vašingtonas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Вашингтон (mk) (Vášington) m
• Mongolian: Вашингтон (mn) (Vašington)
• Navajo: Wááshindoon hahoodzo
• Persian: واشنگتن (fa) (vâšengton)
• Polish: Waszyngton (pl) m
• Russian: Вашингтон (ru) (Vašingtón) m, (the surname can also be pronounced: Vášington)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вашингтон (sh) m

  Roman: Vašington (sh) m

• Spanish: Washington (es) m
• Tatar: Washington
• Thai: วอชิงตัน (th) (wor-ching-dtan)
• Tibetan: ཧྭ་ཤིན་ཀྲོན་ (bo)
• Turkish: Washington (tr)
• Ukrainian: Вашингтон (uk) (Vašynhtón) m
• Vietnamese: Washington (vi)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Washington State
• DC
• Washington, Tyne and Wear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Washington, Tyne and Wear

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Italian

Proper noun

Washington

1. Washington
2. The letter W in the Italian phonetic alphabet

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Spanish

Proper noun

Washington m

1. Washington
2. The letter W in the Spanish phonetic alphabet

Derived terms

• washingtonés

See also

• Washington (estado) on the Spanish Wikipedia.es.Wikipedia:Washington (estado)

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Tatar

Proper noun

Washington

1. Washington

References

• Azatliq.org