Washington

Washington

English

Map of US highlighting the state of Washington

Map of USA highlighting Washington, D.C.

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”)[1], or possibly related to hwæte (“wheat”). There are other theories; more at Washington.

The surname derives from the town, and most places in the United States are named for George Washington.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑʃɪŋtən/, /ˈwɔʃɪŋtən/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən/
• Hyphenation: Wash‧ing‧ton

Proper noun

Washington (countable and uncountable, plural Washingtons)

1. Washington state (a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States; capital: Olympia; largest city: Seattle)
2. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)
   1. District of Columbia (a district of the United States, coterminous with the city of Washington)
3. George Washington, the first president of the United States, and commanding general during its war of independence.
4. (figuratively, metonymically) The federal government or administrative authority of the United States. From the capital city of Washington, D.C.
5. An English habitational surname from Old English.
6. A placename:
   1. A location in the United Kingdom:
      1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.
      2. A village and civil parish of Horsham district, West Sussex, England.
   2. Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington:
      1. A ghost town in Autauga County, Alabama.
      2. A very small city in Hempstead County, Arkansas.
      3. A census-designated place in Nevada County, California.
      4. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
      5. A small city, the county seat of Wilkes County, Georgia.
      6. A city in Tazewell County, Illinois.
      7. A city, the county seat of Daviess County, Indiana.
      8. A small city, the county seat of Washington County, Iowa.
      9. A small city, the county seat of Washington County, Kansas.
      10. A neighborhood of the city of Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.
      11. A village in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
      12. A town in Knox County, Maine.
      13. A small town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
      14. An unincorporatedcommunity in Macomb County, Michigan.
      15. An unincorporatedcommunity in Adams County, Mississippi.
      16. A city in Franklin County, Missouri.
      17. A village in Washington County, Nebraska.
      18. A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
      19. A borough of Warren County, New Jersey.
      20. A town in Dutchess County, New York.
      21. A small city, the county seat of Beaufort County, North Carolina.
      22. A small town in McClain County, Oklahoma, named for Caddo chief "Little Boy" Washington.
      23. A city, the county seat of Washington County, Pennsylvania.
      24. A city in Washington County, Utah.
      25. A town in Orange County, Vermont.
      26. A small town, the county seat of Rappahannock County, Virginia.
      27. A census-designated place in Wood County, West Virginia.
      28. A town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
      29. A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
      30. A town in Vilas County, Wisconsin.
      31. A small town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
      32. A small town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
      33. A small town in Green County, Wisconsin.
      34. A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
      35. An unincorporatedcommunity in Door County, Wisconsin.
      36. A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Washington Township.
   3. A community in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
   4. A community in Mahaica-Berbice, Guyana.
   5. A location in the Philippines:
      1. A barangay of Catarman, Northern Samar.
      2. A barangay of Escalante, Negros Occidental.
      3. A barangay of San Jacinto, Masbate.
      4. A barangay of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte.
7. (US) A male given name transferred from the surname, popular during the first century of American independence, given in honor of George Washington.
8. University of Washington.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Washington.

Synonyms

• (Washington, D.C.): DC / D.C. / District of Columbia (The federal district and city are coterminous and the city government administers the district, so are jurisdictionally equivalent)
• (U.S. state): WA/WA./Wa./Wa, Washington state, Washington State (proscribed)
• (both Washington, D.C., & the U.S. state): WASH/WASH./Wash./Wash, WSH/WSH./Wsh./Wsh

Derived terms

Derived terms

• George Washington
• Port Washington
• WA / WA. / Wa. / Wa
• WASH / WASH. / Wash. / Wash
• Washington cherry tree
• Washington County
• Washington Court House
• Washington, D.C.
• Washingtonian
• Washington Parish
• Washington's Birthday
• WSH / WSH. / Wsh. / Wsh

Translations

name

Albanian: Uashington m Amharic: ዋሺንግተን (wašingətän) Arabic: وَاشِنْطُن‎ m (wāšinṭun) Hijazi Arabic: واشنطن‎ m (wāšinṭun, wāšunṭun) Armenian: Վաշինգտոն (Vašington) Azerbaijani: Vaşinqton (az) Belarusian: Вашынгто́н m (Vašynhtón) Bengali: ওয়াশিংটন (oyaśiṅṭônô) Bulgarian: Вашингто́н m (Vašingtón) Burmese: ဝါရှင်တန် (wahrangtan) Chinese: Cantonese: 華盛頓, 华盛顿 (waa4 sing6 deon6) Hakka: 華盛頓, 华盛顿 (Fà-sṳn-tún) Mandarin: 華盛頓／华盛顿 (zh) (Huáshèngdùn) Min Nan: 華盛頓, 华盛顿 (Hôa-sēng-tùn) Czech: Washington (cs) m Danish: Washington Dhivehi: ވޮޝިންގޓަން‎ (vošin̊gṭan̊) Dutch: Washington (nl) n Esperanto: Vaŝingtono (eo) Estonian: Washington (et) Finnish: Washington (fi) French: Washington (fr) m Galician: Washington (gl) m Georgian: ვაშინგტონი (ka) (vašingṭoni) German: Washington (de) n Greek: Ουάσιγκτον (el) (Ouásigkton) Gujarati: વૉશિંગ્ટન (vɔśiṅgṭan) Hawaiian: Wakinekona Hebrew: וושינגטון‎ (he) m (voshington) Hindi: वॉशिंगटन m (vŏśiṅgṭan) Icelandic: Washington Japanese: ワシントン (ja) (Washinton) Kannada: ವಾಷಿಂಗ್ಟನ್ (vāṣiṅgṭan) Kazakh: Вашингтон (Vaşington) Khmer: វ៉ាស៊ីនតោន (km) (vaasiintaon) Korean: 워싱턴 (ko) (Wosingteon) Kyrgyz: Вашингтон (ky) (Vaşington) Lao: ວໍຊິງຕັນ (wǭ sing tan) Latvian: Vašingtona f Lithuanian: Vašingtonas m Macedonian: Вашингтон m (Vašington) Malay: Washington Malayalam: വാഷിങ്ടൺ (vāṣiṅṭaṇ) Marathi: वॉशिंग्टन (vŏśiṅgṭan) Mongolian: Вашингтон (Vašington) Navajo: Ahééhałtį́į́h Hahoodzo, Wááshindoon Nepali: वासिङ्टन (vāsiṅṭan) Norwegian: Bokmål: Washington (no) Pashto: واشنگټن‎ Persian: واشنگتن‎ (vâšengton) Polish: Waszyngton (pl) m Portuguese: Washington (pt) m Punjabi: ਵਾਸ਼ਿੰਗਟਨ (vāśiṅgṭan) Russian: Ва́шингто́н (ru) m (Vášingtón) Rusyn: Вашінґто́н m (Vašingtón) Samogitian: Vašingtons Sanskrit: वाशिङ्ग्टन् (vāśiṅgṭan) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Вашингтон m Roman: Vašington m, Washington m Silesian: Wašyngton m Sinhalese: වොෂින්ටන් (woṣinṭan) Slovak: Washington m Slovene: Washington m Spanish: Washington (es) m Tagalog: Washington Tajik: Вашингтон (Vašington) Tamil: வாசிங்டன் (vāciṅṭaṉ) Tatar: Вашингтон (Waşington) Telugu: వాషింగ్టన్ (vāṣiṅgṭan) Thai: วอชิงตัน (wɔɔ-ching-dtan) Tibetan: ཧྭ་ཤིན་ཀྲོན (hwa shin kron), ཝ་ཤིང་ཊོན (wa shing ṭon) Turkish: Washington (tr), Vaşington Turkmen: Waşington Ukrainian: Вашингто́н m (Vašynhtón), Вашинґто́н m (Vašyngtón) Urdu: واشنگٹن‎ (vāśingṭan) Uyghur: ۋاشىنگتون‎ (washin'gton) Uzbek: Vashington Vietnamese: Washington, Hoa Thịnh Đốn (vi), Oa-sinh-tơn Yiddish: וואַשינגטאָן‎ (vashington)

US state

Arabic: وَاشِنْطُن‎ f (wāšinṭun) Moroccan Arabic: واشنطن‎ f (wāšinṭun) Chinese: Mandarin: 華盛頓州／华盛顿州 (Huáshèngdùn zhōu) Esperanto: Vaŝingtonio Finnish: Washingtonin osavaltio (fi) French: Washington (fr), État de Washington m Georgian: ვაშინგტონი (ka) (vašingṭoni) Haitian Creole: Wachintòn Hindi: वॉशिंगटन (vŏśiṅgṭan) Japanese: ワシントン州 (ワシントンしゅう, Washinton-shū) Kazakh: Уашиңтон штаты (Uaşiñton ştaty) Korean: 워싱턴 (ko) (Wosingteon) Navajo: Ahééhałtį́į́h Hahoodzo Polish: Waszyngton (pl) m Russian: штат Вашингто́н m (štat Vašingtón), шт. Вашингто́н m (št. Vašingtón) Scots: Washington Swedish: Washington (sv) n Ukrainian: Вашингто́н m (Vašynhtón), Вашинґто́н m (Vašyngtón) Uyghur: ۋاشىنگتون‎ (washin'gton) Uzbek: Cyrillic: Вашингтон штати (Vashington shtati) Latin: Vashington shtati West Frisian: Washington n

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Washington is the 145^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 177,386 individuals. Washington is most common among Black (87.5%) individuals.

See also

• Washington, Tyne and Wear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Washington (name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

Washington (plural Washingtons)

1. (slang, US) a U.S. one-dollar bill, which features a portrait of George Washington

Synonyms

• ($1 USD bill): George Washington

See also

• dead president, Lincoln, Hamilton, Jackson, Benjamin, Franklin
• United States one-dollar bill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)

States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming

Federal District: Washington, D.C.

Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

References

1. Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Washington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

• Washington at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Washington”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “Washington”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Washington”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Anagrams

• nowanights

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Washington.

Proper noun

Washington (genitive Washingtons)

1. Washington (a state of the United States)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Washington. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Wa‧shing‧ton

Proper noun

Washington n

1. A neighbourhood of Noord, Aruba.

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Washington.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋoʃiŋton/, [ˈʋo̞ʃiŋt̪o̞n]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑʃiŋton/, [ˈʋɑʃiŋt̪o̞n]

Proper noun

Washington

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

Declension

Inflection of Washington (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Washington	—
genitive		Washingtonin	—
partitive		Washingtonia	—
illative		Washingtoniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Washington	—
accusative	nom.	Washington	—
	gen.	Washingtonin
genitive		Washingtonin	—
partitive		Washingtonia	—
inessive		Washingtonissa	—
elative		Washingtonista	—
illative		Washingtoniin	—
adessive		Washingtonilla	—
ablative		Washingtonilta	—
allative		Washingtonille	—
essive		Washingtonina	—
translative		Washingtoniksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Washingtonitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Washington (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Washingtonini	Washingtonimme
2nd person	Washingtonisi	Washingtoninne
3rd person	Washingtoninsa

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French

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /wa.ʃiŋ.tɔn/

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /wa.ʃiŋ.tœn/

Proper noun

Washington m

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔʃɪŋtn̩/, /ˈwɔʃɪŋtn̩/

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Proper noun

Washington n (proper noun, genitive Washingtons or (optionally with an article) Washington)

1. Washington (a state of the United States) (state)
2. Washington D.C.

Declension

Declension of Washington [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Washington
genitive	des	Washingtons, Washington1
dative	dem	Washington
accusative	das	Washington

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Washingtoner

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒʃiŋkton]
• Hyphenation: Wa‧shing‧ton
• Rhymes: -on

Proper noun

Washington

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Washington	—
accusative	Washingtont	—
dative	Washingtonnak	—
instrumental	Washingtonnal	—
causal-final	Washingtonért	—
translative	Washingtonná	—
terminative	Washingtonig	—
essive-formal	Washingtonként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Washingtonban	—
superessive	Washingtonon	—
adessive	Washingtonnál	—
illative	Washingtonba	—
sublative	Washingtonra	—
allative	Washingtonhoz	—
elative	Washingtonból	—
delative	Washingtonról	—
ablative	Washingtontól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Washingtoné	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Washingtonéi	—

Possessive forms of Washington
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Washingtonom	—
2nd person sing.	Washingtonod	—
3rd person sing.	Washingtonja	—
1st person plural	Washingtonunk	—
2nd person plural	Washingtonotok	—
3rd person plural	Washingtonjuk	—

Derived terms

• washingtoni

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Washington.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔʃ.ʃin.ton/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔʃʃinton

Proper noun

Washington m

1. Washington (a state of the United States)
2. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)
3. the letter W in the Italian spelling alphabet

References

1. Washington in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Washington.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔ.ʃĩ.tõ/

Proper noun

Washington m

1. Washington (a state of the United States)
2. a male given name from English

Proper noun

Washington f

1. Washington (the capital city of the United States)

   Synonym: Washington, D.C.

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvoʃinkton]

Proper noun

Washington m (genitive singular Washingtonu, declension pattern of dub)

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

References

• Washington in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaʃinton/ [ˈwa.ʃĩn̪.t̪õn]
  • Syllabification: Wa‧shing‧ton
• IPA^(key): /ˈwasinton/ [ˈwa.sĩn̪.t̪õn]
• IPA^(key): (also) /ˈwaʃiŋton/ [ˈwa.ʃiŋ.t̪õn]

Proper noun

Washington m

1. Washington (a state of the United States)
2. the letter W in the Spanish spelling alphabet

Derived terms

• washingtonés

See also

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

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Swedish

Proper noun

Washington n (genitive Washingtons)

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

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Tatar

Proper noun

Washington

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

References

• Azatliq.org