White House

English

The White House.

Etymology

Capitalization of "white house"

• (US): From the Executive Mansion ("house") of the United States of America having been painted white, giving its appearance of a white house; having been painted to cover up the damage from the War of 1812 when the British burned the mansion down.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

White House

1. (US) The official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America.
2. (US, metonymically) The US presidency and its administration.

   The White House announced its support for the new law.

3. Synonym of Russian White House

Hypernyms

• house

Related terms

• Blue House

Translations

the official residence of the President of the United States of America

• Afrikaans: Withuis
• Albanian: Shtëpia e Bardhë
• Amharic: ዋይት ሃውስ (wayt haws)
• Arabic: الْبَيْت الْأَبْيَض‎‎ m (al-bayt al-ʾabyaḍ)
• Armenian: Սպիտակ տուն (Spitak tun)
• Azerbaijani: Ağ Ev
• Bashkir: Аҡ Йорт (Aq Yort)
• Basque: Etxe Zuria
• Belarusian: Бе́лы дом m (Bjély dom)
• Bengali: হোয়াইট হাউস (hoyaiṭ haus)
• Breton: Ti Gwenn m
• Bulgarian: Бе́лият дом m (Bélijat dom)
• Burmese: အိမ်ဖြူတော် (imhprutau)
• Catalan: Casa Blanca f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白宮 (zh), 白宫 (zh) (Báigōng)

• Czech: Bílý dům (cs) m
• Danish: Det hvide hus
• Dutch: Witte Huis
• Esperanto: Blanka Domo
• Estonian: Valge Maja (et)
• Faroese: Tað hvíta húsið n
• Finnish: Valkoinen talo
• French: Maison Blanche (fr) f
• Galician: Casa Branca f
• Georgian: თეთრი სახლი (tetri saxli)
• German: Weißes Haus (de) n
• Greek: Λευκός Οίκος m (Lefkós Oíkos)
• Hebrew: הבית הלבן‎ m (hebayit helavan)
• Hindi: व्हाइट हाउस (vhāiṭ hāus), सफ़ेद घर m (safed ghar)
• Hungarian: Fehér Ház (hu)
• Icelandic: Hvíta húsið n
• Ido: Blanka Domo
• Indonesian: Gedung Putih (id)
• Irish: Teach Bán m
• Italian: Casa Bianca f
• Japanese: ホワイトハウス (ja) (Howaitohausu), 白堊館 (ja) (Hakuakan, Howaitohausu) (dated)
• Kannada: ಶ್ವೇತ ಭವನ (śvēta bhavana)
• Kazakh: Ақ үй (Aq üy)
• Khmer: សេតវិមាន (seɛta’ vi’mien)
• Korean: 백악관 (ko) (Baegakgwan) (白堊館 (ko)), 화이트 하우스 (ko) (Hwaiteu hauseu)

• Kurdish: Qesra Spî‎ (ku) (Qesra Spî)
• Latin: Domus Alba m
• Latvian: Baltais nams m
• Lithuanian: Baltieji rūmai m
• Macedonian: Белата куќа f (Belata kuḱa)
• Malay: Rumah Putih
• Malayalam: വൈറ്റ്‌ഹൗസ്‌ (vaiṟṟ‌haus‌)
• Maltese: id-Dar il-Bajda
• Marathi: व्हाइट हाउस (vhāiṭ hāus)
• Navajo: kináhálgaaí
• Nepali: ह्वाइट हाउस (hwāiṭa hāusa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Det hvite hus

  Nynorsk: Det kvite hus

• Occitan: Ostal Blanc
• Persian: کاخ سفید‎ (kâx-e sefid)
• Polish: Biały Dom (pl) m
• Portuguese: Casa Branca (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਵਾਈਟ ਹਾਊਸ (vāēṭ hāūs)
• Romanian: Casa Albă f
• Russian: Бе́лый дом (ru) m (Bélyj dom)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бела кућа f

  Roman: Bela kuća f

• Sinhalese: ධවල මන්දිරය (dhavala mandiraya)
• Slovak: Biely dom m
• Slovene: Bela hiša f
• Spanish: Casa Blanca f
• Swahili: Nyumba Nyeupe
• Swedish: Vita huset n
• Tamil: வெள்ளை மாளிகை (ta) (veḷḷai māḷikai)
• Tatar: Ак йорт (Aq yort)
• Telugu: శ్వేత సౌధం (śvēta saudhaṃ)
• Thai: ทำเนียบขาว (th) (tam-nîiap-kǎao)
• Turkish: Beyaz Saray
• Ukrainian: Бі́лий дім m (Bílyj dim)
• Urdu: وائٹ ہاؤس‎ (vā'iṭ hā'us)
• Uyghur: ئاقساراي‎ (aqsaray)
• Uzbek: Oq Uy
• Vietnamese: Nhà Trắng (vi), Tòa Bạch Ốc (vi) (座白屋 (vi)) (dated or Overseas Vietnamese), Tòa Bạch Cung (vi) (座白宮 (vi)) (dated), Bạch Ốc (vi) (白屋 (vi)) (dated), Bạch Cung (vi) (白宮 (vi)) (dated)
• Welsh: Y Tŷ Gwyn m
• West Frisian: Wite Hûs
• Yiddish: ווייסע הויז‎ (veyse hoyz)

(idiomatic) the US presidency

• Bashkir: Аҡ Йорт (Aq Yort)
• Estonian: Valge Maja (et)
• Finnish: Valkoinen talo

• French: Maison Blanche (fr) f
• Italian: Casa Bianca f
• Vietnamese: Nhà Trắng, Tòa Bạch Ốc (dated or Overseas Vietnamese), Tòa Bạch Cung (dated), Bạch Ốc (dated), Bạch Cung (vi) (dated)

Russian White House — see Russian White House

See also

• 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Further reading

• White House on Wikipedia.Wikipedia