Washington

Pronuctuation

• US IPA: /ˈwɑʃɪŋtÉ™n/

Etymology

Habitational surname from the Old English place name "settlement of (a person named) Wassa".

Full definition of Washington

Proper noun

1. George Washington, the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army of the American rebels and first President of the United States of America, from 1789 to 1797.
2. Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States since 1800.
3. (by synecdoche) The federal government or administrative authority of the United States.
4. A Capital: Olympia; largest city: Seattle.
5. A Washington, Tyne and Wear in the county of Tyne and Wear in the Northeast of England.
6. popular during the first century of American independence, also in the form George Washington.

Derived terms

• WA
• Washington, D.C.
• Washingtonian
• Washington's Birthday