Noun: Washington wó-shing-tun
- 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 D.C., American capital, capital of the United States
- 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
- George Washington, President Washington
- The federal government of the United States
- A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific with capital Olympia
- Evergreen State, WA, Wash.
- United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)
- Booker T. Washington, Booker Taliaferro Washington
Derived forms: Washingtons
Type of: American state, Chief Executive, educator, federal government, full general, general, national capital, pedagog [US], pedagogue, POTUS [US, informal], President, President of the United States, United States President
Part of: America, D.C., DC, District of Columbia, 'Merica, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA
Encyclopedia: Washington, NE