wa

Noun
  1. 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, wash., washington

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