Washington

English

Map of US highlighting the state of Washington

Map of USA highlighting Washington, D.C.

Etymology

Habitational surname from a Northeastern English place name, attested around 1096 in Old English as Wasindone. While the origins of the place name are not fully known, local historians favour the theory that it developed from an Old English place name Hwæssingatūn, meaning "a settlement of the household of Hwæssa", from Hwæssa (a Saxon chieftain's name) +‎ -ing (“belonging to”) +‎ tūn. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑʃɪŋtən/, [ˈwɑʃɨŋʔn̩]

  • Audio (US)

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

Proper noun

Washington

1. George Washington.
2. Washington, D.C.
3. (figuratively) The federal government or administrative authority of the United States.
4. A state in the United States.
5. A city in Georgia, United States.
6. A city in Indiana.
7. A city in Iowa.
8. A city in Illinois.
9. A city in Kansas.
10. A city in North Carolina.
11. A city in Pennsylvania.
12. A city in Missouri.
13. A city in Utah.
14. A city in Arkansas.
15. A town in Virginia.
16. A town in Connecticut.
17. A town in Maine.
18. A town in Massachusetts.
19. A town in New Hampshire.
20. A town in New York.
21. A town in Oklahoma.
22. A town in Vermont.
23. A town in Virginia.
24. A town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
25. A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
26. A town in Vilas County, Wisconsin.
27. A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
28. A town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
29. A town in Green County, Wisconsin.
30. A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
31. A town in Tyne and Wear, England.
32. A borough of New Jersey.
33. A village in Louisiana.
34. A village in West Sussex, England.
35. An English surname from Old English
36. (US) A male given name transferred from the surname, popular during the first century of American independence.
37. 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 County
• Washington, D.C.

• Washingtonian
• Washington Parish
• Washington's Birthday
• WSH / WSH. / Wsh. / Wsh

Translations

name

• Albanian: Uashington m
• Amharic: ዋሺንግተን (wašingətän)
• Arabic: واشنطن m (wašinṭūn)
• Armenian: Վաշինգտոն (Vašington)
• Azerbaijani: Vaşinqton (az)
• Belarusian: Вашынгто́н m (Vašynhtón)
• Bengali: ওয়াশিংটন (ōẇaśiṅṭon)
• Bulgarian: Вашингто́н m (Vašingtón)
• Burmese: ဝါရှင်တန် (wahrangtan)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 華盛頓／华盛顿 (waa⁴ sing⁶ deon⁶), 华盛顿 (waa⁴ sing⁶ deon⁶)

  Hakka: 華盛頓／华盛顿, 华盛顿 (Fà-sṳn-tún)

  Mandarin: 華盛頓／华盛顿 (zh) (Huáshèngdùn), 华盛顿 (zh) (Huáshèngdùn)

  Min Nan: 華盛頓／华盛顿, 华盛顿 (Hôa-sēng-tùn)

• Czech: Washington (cs) m
• Danish: Washington
• Dhivehi: ވޮޝިންގޓަން (vošin̊gṭan̊)
• Dutch: Washington (nl) n
• Esperanto: Vaŝingtonio
• 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 (vŏśiṅgṭan)
• Hawaiian: Wakinekona
• Hebrew: וושינגטון m (voshington)
• Hindi: वॉशिंगटन m (vŏśiṅgṭan)
• Icelandic: Washington
• Japanese: ワシントン (ja) (Washinton)
• Kannada: ವಾಷಿಂಗ್ಟನ್ (vāṣiṅgṭan)
• Kazakh: Вашингтон (Vaşiñton)
• Khmer: វ៉ាស៊ីនតោន (km) (vaasiintaon)
• Korean: 워싱턴 (Wosingteon)
• Kyrgyz: Вашингтон (ky) (Vaşington)
• Lao: ວໍຊິງຕັນ (wǭ sing tan)
• Latvian: Vašingtona f
• Lithuanian: Vašingtonas m
• Macedonian: Вашингтон m (Vašington)
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• 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)
• Urdu: واشنگٹن (vāśingṭan)
• Uyghur: ۋاشىنگتون (washin'gton)
• Uzbek: Vashington
• Vietnamese: Washington, Hoa Thịnh Đốn, Oa-sinh-tơn
• Yiddish: וואַשינגטאָן (vashington)

US state

• Arabic: وِلَايَة وَاشِنْطُن f (wilāya wāšinṭun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 華盛頓州／华盛顿州 (Huáshèngdùn zhōu), 华盛顿州 (Huáshèngdùn zhōu)

• Finnish: Washingtonin osavaltio (fi)
• Georgian: ვაშინგტონი (ka) (vašingṭoni)
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• Hindi: वॉशिंगटन (vŏśiṅgṭan)
• Japanese: ワシントン州 (ワシントンしゅう, Washinton-shū)
• Navajo: Ahééhałtį́į́h Hahoodzo
• Russian: штат Вашингто́н m (štat Vašingtón), шт. Вашингто́н m (št. Vašingtón)

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

• Appendix:Place names in Washington State
• 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

• United States one-dollar bill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Washington.

Proper noun

Washington (genitive Washingtons)

1. Washington (US state)

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Washington.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋoʃiŋton/, [ˈʋo̞ʃiŋt̪o̞n]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑʃiŋton/, [ˈʋɑ̝ʃiŋt̪o̞n]
• Hyphenation: Was‧hing‧ton

Proper noun

Washington

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

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	—
abessive		Washingtonitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Washington (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Washingtonini — accusative nom. Washingtonini — gen. Washingtonini genitive Washingtonini — partitive Washingtoniani — inessive Washingtonissani — elative Washingtonistani — illative Washingtoniini — adessive Washingtonillani — ablative Washingtoniltani — allative Washingtonilleni — essive Washingtoninani — translative Washingtonikseni — abessive Washingtonittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Washingtonisi — accusative nom. Washingtonisi — gen. Washingtonisi genitive Washingtonisi — partitive Washingtoniasi — inessive Washingtonissasi — elative Washingtonistasi — illative Washingtoniisi — adessive Washingtonillasi — ablative Washingtoniltasi — allative Washingtonillesi — essive Washingtoninasi — translative Washingtoniksesi — abessive Washingtonittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Washingtonimme — accusative nom. Washingtonimme — gen. Washingtonimme genitive Washingtonimme — partitive Washingtoniamme — inessive Washingtonissamme — elative Washingtonistamme — illative Washingtoniimme — adessive Washingtonillamme — ablative Washingtoniltamme — allative Washingtonillemme — essive Washingtoninamme — translative Washingtoniksemme — abessive Washingtonittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Washingtoninne — accusative nom. Washingtoninne — gen. Washingtoninne genitive Washingtoninne — partitive Washingtonianne — inessive Washingtonissanne — elative Washingtonistanne — illative Washingtoniinne — adessive Washingtonillanne — ablative Washingtoniltanne — allative Washingtonillenne — essive Washingtoninanne — translative Washingtoniksenne — abessive Washingtonittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Washingtoninsa — accusative nom. Washingtoninsa — gen. Washingtoninsa genitive Washingtoninsa — partitive Washingtoniaan Washingtoniansa — inessive Washingtonissaan Washingtonissansa — elative Washingtonistaan Washingtonistansa — illative Washingtoniinsa — adessive Washingtonillaan Washingtonillansa — ablative Washingtoniltaan Washingtoniltansa — allative Washingtonilleen Washingtonillensa — essive Washingtoninaan Washingtoninansa — translative Washingtonikseen Washingtoniksensa — abessive Washingtonittaan Washingtonittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ʃiŋ.tɔn/

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Proper noun

Washington m

1. Washington (state)
2. Washington, D.C.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Washington

1. Washington

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Washington	Washingtonok
accusative	Washingtont	Washingtonokat
dative	Washingtonnak	Washingtonoknak
instrumental	Washingtonnal	Washingtonokkal
causal-final	Washingtonért	Washingtonokért
translative	Washingtonná	Washingtonokká
terminative	Washingtonig	Washingtonokig
essive-formal	Washingtonként	Washingtonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Washingtonban	Washingtonokban
superessive	Washingtonon	Washingtonokon
adessive	Washingtonnál	Washingtonoknál
illative	Washingtonba	Washingtonokba
sublative	Washingtonra	Washingtonokra
allative	Washingtonhoz	Washingtonokhoz
elative	Washingtonból	Washingtonokból
delative	Washingtonról	Washingtonokról
ablative	Washingtontól	Washingtonoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Washingtoné	Washingtonoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Washingtonéi	Washingtonokéi

Possessive forms of Washington
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Washingtonom	Washingtonjaim
2nd person sing.	Washingtonod	Washingtonjaid
3rd person sing.	Washingtonja	Washingtonjai
1st person plural	Washingtonunk	Washingtonjaink
2nd person plural	Washingtonotok	Washingtonjaitok
3rd person plural	Washingtonjuk	Washingtonjaik

Derived terms

• washingtoni

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Italian

Etymology

From English Washington.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔʃ.ʃin.ton/

Proper noun

Washington m

1. Washington (state)
2. Washington, D.C.
3. The letter W in the Italian phonetic alphabet

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Washington.

Pronunciation

• 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)

Synonyms

• Washington, D.C.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaʃinton/, [ˈwaʃĩntõn]
• IPA^(key): /ˈwaʃiŋton/

Proper noun

Washington m

1. Washington
2. the letter W in the Spanish phonetic alphabet

Derived terms

• washingtonés

See also

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

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Tatar

Proper noun

Washington

1. Washington

References

• Azatliq.org