Definition of "Washington"

Washington state (a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States; capital: Olympia; largest city: Seattle)  examples

Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)  quotations

1. District of Columbia (a district of the United States, coterminous with the city of Washington)  examples

George Washington, the first president of the United States, and commanding general during its war of independence.  examples

(figuratively, metonymically) The federal government or administrative authority of the United States. From the capital city of Washington, D.C.  examples

An English habitational surname from Old English.  examples

A placename:

1. A location in the United Kingdom:

   1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.  examples

   2. A village and civil parish of Horsham district, West Sussex, England.  examples

2. Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington:

   1. A ghost town in Autauga County, Alabama.  examples

   2. A very small city in Hempstead County, Arkansas.  examples

   3. A census-designated place in Nevada County, California.  examples

   4. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.  examples

   5. A small city, the county seat of Wilkes County, Georgia.  examples

   6. A city in Tazewell County, Illinois.  examples

   7. A city, the county seat of Daviess County, Indiana.  examples

   8. A small city, the county seat of Washington County, Iowa.  examples

   9. A small city, the county seat of Washington County, Kansas.  examples

   10. A neighborhood of the city of Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.  examples

   11. A village in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.  examples

   12. A town in Knox County, Maine.  examples

   13. A small town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.  examples

   14. An unincorporated community in Macomb County, Michigan.  examples

   15. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi.  examples

   16. A city in Franklin County, Missouri.  examples

   17. A village in Washington County, Nebraska.  examples

   18. A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.  examples

   19. A borough of Warren County, New Jersey.  examples

   20. A town in Dutchess County, New York.  examples

   21. A small city, the county seat of Beaufort County, North Carolina.  examples

   22. A small town in McClain County, Oklahoma, named for Caddo chief "Little Boy" Washington.  examples

   23. A city, the county seat of Washington County, Pennsylvania.  examples

   24. A city in Washington County, Utah.  examples

   25. A town in Orange County, Vermont.  examples

   26. A small town, the county seat of Rappahannock County, Virginia.  examples

   27. A census-designated place in Wood County, West Virginia.  examples

   28. A town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.  examples

   29. A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.  examples

   30. A town in Vilas County, Wisconsin.  examples

   31. A small town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.  examples

   32. A small town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.  examples

   33. A small town in Green County, Wisconsin.  examples

   34. A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.  examples

   35. An unincorporated community in Door County, Wisconsin.  examples

   36. A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Washington Township.  examples

3. A community in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.  examples

4. A community in Mahaica-Berbice, Guyana.  examples

5. A location in the Philippines:

   1. A barangay of Catarman, Northern Samar.  examples

   2. A barangay of Escalante, Negros Occidental.  examples

   3. A barangay of San Jacinto, Masbate.  examples

   4. A barangay of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte.  examples

(US) A male given name transferred from the surname, popular during the first century of American independence, given in honor of George Washington.  examples

University of Washington.  examples

(slang, US) a U.S. one-dollar bill, which features a portrait of George Washington