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biographical name(Wash-ing-ton)Booker Taliaferro 1856—1915 American educator
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biographical name(Wash-ing-ton)George 1732—1799 American general; 1st president of the U.S. (1789—97)
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geographical name(Wash-ing-ton)state in the northwestern U.S. bordering the Pacific Ocean, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and British Columbia, Canada; capital Olympia area 68,192 square miles (177,299 square kilometers), population 6,724,540
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geographical name(Wash-ing-ton)city and capital of the U.S., coextensive with the District of Columbia and often referred to as Washington, D.C. population 601,723
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geographical name(Wash-ing-ton)island of the western Pacific in the Line Islands population 1690
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noun(Wash-ing-ton)cake layers put together with a jam or jelly filling
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noun(Wash-ing-ton)February 22 formerly observed as a legal holiday in most of the states of the U.S.
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noun(Wash-ing-ton)the third Monday in February observed as a legal holiday in most of the states of the U.S. —called also Presidents' Day
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geographical name(Wash-ing-ton)lake 20 miles (32 kilometers) long in western Washington east of Seattle
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geographical name(Wash-ing-ton)mountain 6288 feet (1916 meters) high in northern New Hampshire
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geographical name(Wash-ing-ton)birthplace and childhood home of American educator Booker T. Washington in west central Virginia southeast of Roanoke
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geographical name(Wash-ing-ton)historic site in eastern Virginia