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Washington

proper noun

  1. American state
  2. American city
  3. first US president
  4. family name
  5. male given name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwɑʃɪŋtən/ / /ˈwɔʃɪŋtən/ / /wɔɹʃɪŋtən/

name

Etymology: Washington (the town in Tyne and Wear, northeast England): probably from the Old English place name Hwæssingatūn (literally “a settlement of the household of *Hwæssa”), from *Hwæssa (a Saxon chieftain's name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead, settlement”). It was attested in 1096 as Wasindone. Hwæssa is of uncertain origin, said to possibly correspond to waþ (“hunt”) + sige (“victory”), or possibly related to hwæte (“wheat”). There are other theories; more on Wikipedia. The surname derives from the town, and most places in the United States are named for George Washington.

  1. A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Olympia. Largest city: Seattle.

    “The Skills Center, which is located on Amazon’s corporate headquarters campus in Seattle, Washington, and opens to the public November 22, is the first of its kind for the company. It’s part of a larger commitment to train 29 million people globally in cloud computing by 2025 that AWS made last year.”

  2. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States).

    “Taiwanese presidents, including Tsai, have a record of travelling through the U.S. en route to other countries, usually for a day or two, though the U.S. government has generally avoided meeting senior Taiwanese officials in Washington.”

  3. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States).
  4. An English habitational surname from Old English.

    “George Washington, the first president of the United States, and commanding general during its war of independence.”

  5. The federal government or administrative authority of the United States. From the capital city of Washington, D.C.

    “’Poor Mexico‘ President Porfirio Diaz (1828-1915) was to sigh, ‘so far from God, so near to the USA‘, and even the Latin-American states which felt themselves to be on closer terms with the Almighty were increasingly aware that in this world Washington was what they had chiefly to keep their eye on.”

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  50. A male given name transferred from the surname, popular during the first century of American independence, given in honor of George Washington.
  51. Ellipsis of University of Washington.

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Etymology: Washington (the town in Tyne and Wear, northeast England): probably from the Old English place name Hwæssingatūn (literally “a settlement of the household of *Hwæssa”), from *Hwæssa (a Saxon chieftain's name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead, settlement”). It was attested in 1096 as Wasindone. Hwæssa is of uncertain origin, said to possibly correspond to waþ (“hunt”) + sige (“victory”), or possibly related to hwæte (“wheat”). There are other theories; more on Wikipedia. The surname derives from the town, and most places in the United States are named for George Washington.

  1. A U.S. one-dollar bill, which features a portrait of George Washington.

    “He could open that footlocker once in awhile^([sic]) and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons.”

    “Presidents: Cash money, folding bills, the green stuff, cabbage, lettuce, bucks, dough, i.e., Washingtons ($1), Jeffersons ($2), Lincolns ($5), Jacksons ($20), Grants ($50), McKinleys ($500), Clevelands ($1,000), Madisons ($5,000), and Wilsons ($100,000).”