washington

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 109093291)
    is an instance of: national capital - the capital city of a nation
    specific instances: potomac - term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.
    has:
    • capitol, capitol building - the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet
    • lincoln memorial - memorial building in Washington containing a large marble statue of Abraham Lincoln
    • washington monument - a stone obelisk built in Washington in 1884 to honor George Washington; 555 feet tall
    • white house - the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States
    • capitol hill, the hill - a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets
    • georgetown - a section of northwestern Washington, D.C.
    is a part of: d.c., dc, district of columbia - the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia
    same as: american capital, capital of the united states, washington d.c.
  2. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific (synset 109175699)
    is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
    has:
    • pacific northwest - a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia
    • mount rainier national park - a national park in Washington having mountain terrain featuring glaciers and alpine lakes and streams and swamps
    • north cascades national park - a national park in Washington that is an alpine wilderness area featuring gold rush and logging campsites
    • olympic national park - a national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens
    • cape flattery - a cape of northwestern Washington
    • aberdeen - a town in western Washington
    • bellingham - a town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border
    • kennewick - a town in southern Washington on the Columbia River
    • capital of washington, olympia - capital of the state of Washington; located in western Washington on Puget Sound
    • seattle - a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Rainier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington
    • spokane - a city in eastern Washington near the Idaho border
    • tacoma - a city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound to the south of Seattle
    • vancouver - a town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon
    • walla walla - a town in southeastern Washington near the Oregon border
    • yakima - a town in south central Washington
    • mount saint helens, mount st. helens, mt. st. helens - an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity
    • adams, mount adams - a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high)
    • lake chelan - a narrow very deep lake in central Washington in the Cascade Range
    • columbia, columbia river - a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring
    • inland passage, inside passage - a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska
    • puget sound - an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State
    • mount rainier, mount tacoma, mt. rainier, rainier - a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)
    • scablands - (geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington)
    • snake, snake river - a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
    is a part of: america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    same as: evergreen state, wa, wash.
  3. The federal government of the United States (synset 108374056)
    is an instance of: federal government - a government with strong central powers
    same as: capital
  4. 1st President of the United States;
    Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) (synset 111395413)
    is an instance of:
    same as: george washington, president washington
  5. United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915) (synset 111395672)
    is an instance of: educator, pedagog, pedagogue - someone who educates young people
    same as: booker t. washington, booker taliaferro washington

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