Washington

n. Washington D.C., capital of the United States; state in the northwestern United States; family name; George Washington (1732-1799), 1st president of the United States; Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), U.S. educator

Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The state is named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. It is the only U.S. state named after a president.Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory and admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. In 2006, the Census Bureau estimated the state's population at 6,395,798. Residents are called "Washingtonians" (emphasis on the third syllable, pronounced as tone). Washington is sometimes called Washington state or The state of Washington to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital.
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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
(synonym) Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States
(hypernym) national capital
(hyponym) Potomac, Foggy Bottom
(part-holonym) District of Columbia, D.C., DC
(part-meronym) Capitol, Capitol Building
2. a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
(synonym) Evergreen State, WA
(hypernym) American state
(part-holonym) United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
(part-meronym) Mount Ranier National Park
3. the federal government of the United States
(synonym) Capitol
(hypernym) federal government
4. 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
(synonym) George Washington, President Washington
(hypernym) general, full general
5. United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)
(synonym) Booker T. Washington, Booker Taliaferro Washington
(hypernym) educator, pedagogue

Washington, capital of the United States, state in the United States; George Washington, (1732-99)

n. Washington, state in the northwestern United States; Washington D.C., capital of the United States; George Washington (1732-99), 1st president of the United States; Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), American educator, Wa.