washington

Noun washington has 5 senses

• washington(n = noun.location) american capital, capital of the united states, washington d.c. - 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; Array
has parts: capitol, capitol building, lincoln memorial, washington monument, white house, capitol hill, the hill, georgetown
is a kind of national capital
is a part of d.c., dc, district of columbia
has particulars: potomac
Derived form adjective washingtonian₃

• washington(n = noun.location) evergreen state, wa - a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific; Array
has parts: pacific northwest, mount ranier national park, north cascades national park, olympic national park, cape flattery, aberdeen, bellingham, kennewick, capital of washington, olympia, seattle, spokane, tacoma, vancouver, walla walla, yakima, mount saint helens, mount st. helens, mt. st. helens, adams, mount adams, lake chelan, columbia, columbia river, inland passage, inside passage, puget sound, mount ranier, mount tacoma, mt. ranier, ranier, scablands, snake, snake river
is a kind of american state
is a part of america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa
Derived form adjective washingtonian₄

• washington(n = noun.group) capital - the federal government of the United States; Array
is a kind of federal government
Derived form adjective washingtonian₂

• washington(n = noun.person) george washington, president washington - 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799); Array
is a kind of full general, general, chief executive, president, president of the united states, united states president
Derived form adjective washingtonian₁

• washington(n = noun.person) booker t. washington, booker taliaferro washington - United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915); Array
is a kind of educator, pedagog, pedagogue