Washington

English

Map of US highlighting the state of Washington

Map of USA highlighting Washington, D.C.

Etymology

Washington (the town in Tyne and Wear, northeast England): probably from the Old English place name Hwæssingatūn (literally “a settlement of the household of Hwæssa”), from Hwæssa (a Saxon chieftain's name) +‎ -ing (“belonging to”) +‎ tūn (“homestead, settlement”). It was attested in 1096 as Wasindone. Hwæssa is of uncertain origin, said to possibly correspond to waþ (“hunt”) + sige (“victory”), or possibly related to hwæte (“wheat”). There are other theories; more at Washington.

The surname derives from the town, and most places in the United States are named for George Washington.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑʃɪŋtən/, /ˈwɔʃɪŋtən/

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• (US, intrusive r) IPA^(key): /wɔɹʃɪŋtən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən/
• Hyphenation: Wash‧ing‧ton

Proper noun

Washington (countable and uncountable, plural Washingtons)

1. Washington state (a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States; capital: Olympia; largest city: Seattle)
2. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)
   • 2023 March 7, Ben Blanchard, Yimou Lee, “China 'seriously concerned' by Taiwan president 'transit' plans amid reported US trip”, in Muralikumar Anantharaman, Robert Birsel, editors, Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 08 March 2023, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     Taiwanese presidents, including Tsai, have a record of travelling through the U.S. en route to other countries, usually for a day or two, though the U.S. government has generally avoided meeting senior Taiwanese officials in Washington.

   1. District of Columbia (a district of the United States, coterminous with the city of Washington)
3. George Washington, the first president of the United States, and commanding general during its war of independence.
4. (figuratively, metonymically) The federal government or administrative authority of the United States. From the capital city of Washington, D.C.
5. An English habitational surname from Old English.
6. A placename:
   1. A location in the United Kingdom:
      1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.
      2. A village and civil parish of Horsham district, West Sussex, England.
   2. Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington:
      1. A ghost town in Autauga County, Alabama.
      2. A very small city in Hempstead County, Arkansas.
      3. A census-designated place in Nevada County, California.
      4. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
      5. A small city, the county seat of Wilkes County, Georgia.
      6. A city in Tazewell County, Illinois.
      7. A city, the county seat of Daviess County, Indiana.
      8. A small city, the county seat of Washington County, Iowa.
      9. A small city, the county seat of Washington County, Kansas.
      10. A neighborhood of the city of Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.
      11. A village in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
      12. A town in Knox County, Maine.
      13. A small town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
      14. An unincorporated community in Macomb County, Michigan.
      15. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi.
      16. A city in Franklin County, Missouri.
      17. A village in Washington County, Nebraska.
      18. A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
      19. A borough of Warren County, New Jersey.
      20. A town in Dutchess County, New York.
      21. A small city, the county seat of Beaufort County, North Carolina.
      22. A small town in McClain County, Oklahoma, named for Caddo chief "Little Boy" Washington.
      23. A city, the county seat of Washington County, Pennsylvania.
      24. A city in Washington County, Utah.
      25. A town in Orange County, Vermont.
      26. A small town, the county seat of Rappahannock County, Virginia.
      27. A census-designated place in Wood County, West Virginia.
      28. A town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
      29. A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
      30. A town in Vilas County, Wisconsin.
      31. A small town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
      32. A small town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
      33. A small town in Green County, Wisconsin.
      34. A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
      35. An unincorporated community in Door County, Wisconsin.
      36. A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Washington Township.
   3. A community in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
   4. A community in Mahaica-Berbice, Guyana.
   5. A location in the Philippines:
      1. A barangay of Catarman, Northern Samar.
      2. A barangay of Escalante, Negros Occidental.
      3. A barangay of San Jacinto, Masbate.
      4. A barangay of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte.
7. (US) A male given name transferred from the surname, popular during the first century of American independence, given in honor of George Washington.
8. University of Washington.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Washington.

Synonyms

• (Washington, D.C.): DC / D.C. / District of Columbia (The federal district and city are coterminous and the city government administers the district, so are jurisdictionally equivalent)
• (U.S. state): WA/WA./Wa./Wa, Washington state, Washington State (proscribed)
• (both Washington, D.C., & the U.S. state): WASH/WASH./Wash./Wash, WSH/WSH./Wsh./Wsh

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Washington Island
• George Washington
• Mount Washington
• Port Washington
• WA / WA. / Wa. / Wa
• WASH / WASH. / Wash. / Wash
• Washington cherry tree
• Washington County
• Washington Court House
• Washington, D.C.
• Washingtonian
• Washington Parish
• Washington's Birthday
• WSH / WSH. / Wsh. / Wsh

Translations

name

• Albanian: Uashington m
• Amharic: ዋሺንግተን (wašingətän)
• Arabic: وَاشِنْطُن f (wāšinṭun)

  Hijazi Arabic: واشنطن m (wāšinṭun, wāšunṭun)

• Armenian: Վաշինգտոն (Vašington)
• Azerbaijani: Vaşinqton (az)
• Belarusian: Вашынгто́н m (Vašynhtón)
• Bengali: ওয়াশিংটন (ōẇaśiṅṭon)
• Bulgarian: Вашингто́н m (Vašingtón)
• Burmese: ဝါရှင်တန် (wahrangtan)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Вашінґто́н m (Vašingtón)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 華盛頓／华盛顿 (waa⁴ sing⁶ deon⁶)

  Hakka: 華盛頓／华盛顿 (Fà-sṳn-tún)

  Hokkien: 華盛頓／华盛顿 (Hôa-sēng-tùn)

  Mandarin: 華盛頓／华盛顿 (zh) (Huáshèngdùn)

• Czech: Washington (cs) m
• Danish: Washington
• Dhivehi: ވޮޝިންގޓަން (vošin̊gṭan̊)
• Dutch: Washington (nl) n
• Esperanto: Vaŝingtono (eo)
• Estonian: Washington (et)
• Finnish: Washington (fi)
• French: Washington (fr) m
• Galician: Washington (gl) m
• Georgian: ვაშინგტონი (ka) (vašingṭoni)
• German: Washington (de) n
• Greek: Ουάσιγκτον (el) (Ouásigkton)
• Gujarati: વૉશિંગ્ટન (vŏśiṅgṭan)
• Hawaiian: Wakinekona
• Hebrew: ושינגטון \ וָשִׁינְגְטוֹן (he) m (voshington)
• Hindi: वॉशिंगटन m (vŏśiṅgṭan)
• Icelandic: Washington
• Japanese: ワシントン (ja) (Washinton)
• Kannada: ವಾಷಿಂಗ್ಟನ್ (vāṣiṅgṭan)
• Kazakh: Вашингтон (kk) (Vaşiñton)
• Khmer: វ៉ាស៊ីនតោន (km) (vaasiintaon)
• Korean: 워싱턴 (ko) (Wosingteon), 워싱톤 (ko) (Wosington) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Вашингтон (ky) (Vaşington)
• Lao: ວໍຊິງຕັນ (wǭ sing tan)
• Latvian: Vašingtona f
• Lithuanian: Vašingtonas m
• Macedonian: Вашингтон m (Vašington)
• Malay: Washington
• Malayalam: വാഷിങ്ടൺ (vāṣiṅṭaṇ)
• Marathi: वॉशिंग्टन (vŏśiṅgṭan)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Вашингтон (Vašington)

• Navajo: Ahééhałtį́į́h Hahoodzo, Wááshindoon
• Nepali: वासिङ्टन (vāsiṅṭan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Washington (no)

• Pashto: واشنگټن
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: واشِنْگْتُن (vâšengton)

• Polish: Waszyngton (pl) m
• Portuguese: Washington (pt) m
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਵਾਸ਼ਿੰਗਟਨ (vāśiṅgṭan)

• Russian: Ва́шингто́н (ru) m (Vášingtón)
• Samogitian: Vašingtons
• Sanskrit: वाशिङ्ग्टन् (vāśiṅgṭan)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вашингтон m

  Roman: Vašington m, Washington m

• Silesian: Wašyngton m
• Sinhalese: වොෂින්ටන් (woṣinṭan)
• Slovak: Washington m
• Slovene: Washington m
• Spanish: Washington (es) m
• Tagalog: Washington
• Tajik: Вашингтон (Vašington)
• Tamil: வாசிங்டன் (vāciṅṭaṉ)
• Tatar: Вашингтон (Waşington)
• Telugu: వాషింగ్టన్ (vāṣiṅgṭan)
• Thai: วอชิงตัน (wɔɔ-ching-dtan)
• Tibetan: ཧྭ་ཤིན་ཀྲོན (hwa shin kron), ཝ་ཤིང་ཊོན (wa shing ṭon)
• Turkish: Washington (tr), Vaşington
• Turkmen: Waşington
• Ukrainian: Вашингто́н m (Vašynhtón), Вашинґто́н m (Vašyngtón)
• Urdu: واشِن٘گْٹَن m (vāśiṅgṭan)
• Uyghur: ۋاشىنگتون (washin'gton)
• Uzbek: Vashington
• Vietnamese: Washington, Hoa Thịnh Đốn (vi), Oa-sinh-tơn
• Yiddish: וואַשינגטאָן (vashington)

US state

• Arabic: وَاشِنْطُن f (wāšinṭun)

  Moroccan Arabic: واشنطن f (wāšinṭun)

• Belarusian: Вашынгто́н m (Vašynhtón)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 華盛頓州／华盛顿州 (Huáshèngdùn zhōu)

• Esperanto: Vaŝingtonio (eo)
• Finnish: Washingtonin osavaltio (fi)
• French: Washington (fr), État de Washington m
• Georgian: ვაშინგტონი (ka) (vašingṭoni), ვაშინგტონის შტატი (vašingṭonis šṭaṭi)
• Haitian Creole: Wachintòn
• Hindi: वॉशिंगटन m (vŏśiṅgṭan)
• Japanese: ワシントン州 (ワシントンしゅう, Washinton shū), ワシントン (ja) (Washinton)
• Kazakh: Уашиңтон штаты (Uaşiñton ştaty)
• Korean: 워싱턴 (ko) (Wosingteon), 워싱톤 (ko) (Wosington) (North Korea)
• Lao: ວໍຊິງຕັນ (wǭ sing tan)
• Latin: Vasingtonia f, Vasintonia f
• Navajo: Ahééhałtį́į́h Hahoodzo
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: واشِنْگْتُن (vâšengton)

• Polish: Waszyngton (pl) m
• Russian: штат Вашингто́н m (štat Vašingtón), шт. Вашингто́н m (št. Vašingtón)
• Scots: Washington
• Swedish: Washington (sv) n
• Thai: วอชิงตัน (wɔɔ-ching-dtan)
• Ukrainian: Вашингто́н m (Vašynhtón), Вашинґто́н m (Vašyngtón)
• Uyghur: ۋاشىنگتون (washin'gton)
• Uzbek:

  Cyrillic: Вашингтон штати (Vashington shtati)

  Latin: Vashington shtati

• Walloon: Wachintone
• West Frisian: Washington n

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Washington is the 145^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 177,386 individuals. Washington is most common among Black (87.5%) individuals.

See also

• Washington, Tyne and Wear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Washington (name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

Washington (plural Washingtons)

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

Synonyms

• ($1 USD bill): George Washington

See also

• dead president, Lincoln, Hamilton, Jackson, Benjamin, Franklin
• United States one-dollar bill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “Washington”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Washington”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Washington”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Washington”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Anagrams

• nowanights

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvoʃɪŋkton]
• IPA^(key): [ˈvaʃɪŋkton]

Proper noun

Washington m inan (related adjective washingtonský)

1. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)
2. Washington (a state of the United States)

Declension

Declension of Washington (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Washington
genitive	Washingtonu
dative	Washingtonu
accusative	Washington
vocative	Washingtone
locative	Washingtoně, Washingtonu
instrumental	Washingtonem

Proper noun

Washington m anim (feminine Washingtonová)

1. a male English surname

Declension

Declension of Washington (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Washington	Washingtonové
genitive	Washingtona	Washingtonů
dative	Washingtonovi	Washingtonům
accusative	Washingtona	Washingtony
vocative	Washingtone	Washingtonové
locative	Washingtonovi	Washingtonech
instrumental	Washingtonem	Washingtony

Further reading

• Washington in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Washington.

Proper noun

Washington (genitive Washingtons)

1. Washington (a city in the United States)
2. Washington (a state of the United States)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Washington. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Wa‧shing‧ton

Proper noun

Washington n

1. A neighbourhood of Noord, Aruba.

Finnish

Etymology

From English Washington.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋoʃiŋton/, [ˈʋo̞ʃiŋt̪o̞n]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑʃiŋton/, [ˈʋɑ̝ʃiŋt̪o̞n]

Proper noun

Washington

1. Washington (a state of the United States)
2. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Washington (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Washington	—
genitive		Washingtonin	—
partitive		Washingtonia	—
illative		Washingtoniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Washington	—
accusative	nom.	Washington	—
	gen.	Washingtonin
genitive		Washingtonin	—
partitive		Washingtonia	—
inessive		Washingtonissa	—
elative		Washingtonista	—
illative		Washingtoniin	—
adessive		Washingtonilla	—
ablative		Washingtonilta	—
allative		Washingtonille	—
essive		Washingtonina	—
translative		Washingtoniksi	—
abessive		Washingtonitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Washington (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Washingtonini — accusative nom. Washingtonini — gen. Washingtonini genitive Washingtonini — partitive Washingtoniani — inessive Washingtonissani — elative Washingtonistani — illative Washingtoniini — adessive Washingtonillani — ablative Washingtoniltani — allative Washingtonilleni — essive Washingtoninani — translative Washingtonikseni — abessive Washingtonittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Washingtonisi — accusative nom. Washingtonisi — gen. Washingtonisi genitive Washingtonisi — partitive Washingtoniasi — inessive Washingtonissasi — elative Washingtonistasi — illative Washingtoniisi — adessive Washingtonillasi — ablative Washingtoniltasi — allative Washingtonillesi — essive Washingtoninasi — translative Washingtoniksesi — abessive Washingtonittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Washingtonimme — accusative nom. Washingtonimme — gen. Washingtonimme genitive Washingtonimme — partitive Washingtoniamme — inessive Washingtonissamme — elative Washingtonistamme — illative Washingtoniimme — adessive Washingtonillamme — ablative Washingtoniltamme — allative Washingtonillemme — essive Washingtoninamme — translative Washingtoniksemme — abessive Washingtonittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Washingtoninne — accusative nom. Washingtoninne — gen. Washingtoninne genitive Washingtoninne — partitive Washingtonianne — inessive Washingtonissanne — elative Washingtonistanne — illative Washingtoniinne — adessive Washingtonillanne — ablative Washingtoniltanne — allative Washingtonillenne — essive Washingtoninanne — translative Washingtoniksenne — abessive Washingtonittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Washingtoninsa — accusative nom. Washingtoninsa — gen. Washingtoninsa genitive Washingtoninsa — partitive Washingtoniaan Washingtoniansa — inessive Washingtonissaan Washingtonissansa — elative Washingtonistaan Washingtonistansa — illative Washingtoniinsa — adessive Washingtonillaan Washingtonillansa — ablative Washingtoniltaan Washingtoniltansa — allative Washingtonilleen Washingtonillensa — essive Washingtoninaan Washingtoninansa — translative Washingtonikseen Washingtoniksensa — abessive Washingtonittaan Washingtonittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /wa.ʃiŋ.tɔn/

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /wa.ʃiŋ.tœn/

Proper noun

Washington m

1. Washington (a state of the United States)
2. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔʃɪŋtn̩/, /ˈwɔʃɪŋtn̩/

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Proper noun

Washington n (proper noun, genitive Washingtons or (optionally with an article) Washington)

1. Washington (a state of the United States) (state)
2. Washington D.C.

Declension

Declension of Washington [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Washington
genitive	des	Washingtons, Washington1
dative	dem	Washington
accusative	das	Washington

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Washingtoner

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒʃiŋkton]
• Hyphenation: Wa‧shing‧ton
• Rhymes: -on

Proper noun

Washington

1. Washington (a state of the United States)
2. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Washington	—
accusative	Washingtont	—
dative	Washingtonnak	—
instrumental	Washingtonnal	—
causal-final	Washingtonért	—
translative	Washingtonná	—
terminative	Washingtonig	—
essive-formal	Washingtonként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Washingtonban	—
superessive	Washingtonon	—
adessive	Washingtonnál	—
illative	Washingtonba	—
sublative	Washingtonra	—
allative	Washingtonhoz	—
elative	Washingtonból	—
delative	Washingtonról	—
ablative	Washingtontól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Washingtoné	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Washingtonéi	—

Possessive forms of Washington
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Washingtonom	—
2nd person sing.	Washingtonod	—
3rd person sing.	Washingtonja	—
1st person plural	Washingtonunk	—
2nd person plural	Washingtonotok	—
3rd person plural	Washingtonjuk	—

Derived terms

• washingtoni

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Washington.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔʃ.ʃin.ton/
• Rhymes: -ɔʃʃinton

Proper noun

Washington m

1. Washington (a state of the United States)
2. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)
3. the letter W in the Italian spelling alphabet

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Washington.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔ.ʃĩ.tõ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌwɔ.ʃĩ.ɡɨˈtɔ.nɨ/

Proper noun

Washington m

1. a male given name from English

Proper noun

Washington

1. Washington (a state of the United States)
2. Washington (the capital city of the United States)

   Synonym: Washington, D.C.

Usage notes

Washington is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɔʃinktɔn]

Proper noun

Washington m inan (genitive singular Washingtonu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)
2. Washington (a state of the United States)

References

• “Washington”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaʃinton/ [ˈwa.ʃĩn̪.t̪õn]
  • Syllabification: Wa‧shing‧ton
• IPA^(key): /ˈwasinton/ [ˈwa.sĩn̪.t̪õn]
• IPA^(key): (also) /ˈwaʃiŋton/ [ˈwa.ʃiŋ.t̪õn]

Proper noun

Washington m

1. Washington (a state of the United States)
2. the letter W in the Spanish spelling alphabet

Derived terms

• washingtonés

 

See also

• Washington (estado) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Swedish

Proper noun

Washington n (genitive Washingtons)

1. Washington (a state of the United States)
2. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)

Tatar

Proper noun

Washington

1. Washington (a state of the United States)
2. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)

References

• Azatliq.org