Washington

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

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Washington

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Washington

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

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Washington

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

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Washington

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