Wa.

Proper noun

Washington (countable and uncountable, plural Washingtons)

1. A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Olympia. Largest city: Seattle.
   • The Skills Center, which is located on Amazon’s corporate headquarters campus in Seattle, Washington, and opens to the public November 22, is the first of its kind for the company. It’s part of a larger commitment to train 29 million people globally in cloud computing by 2025 that AWS made last...2021 November 18, Clare Duffy, “Why Amazon is opening an in-person cloud skills center to train workers for other companies”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2022

   Synonyms:

   Washington state, State of Washington

2. Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States).
   • 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.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, archived...
   1. District of Columbia (a district of the United States, coterminous with the city of Washington).
   2. (metonymically) The American government.
3. An English habitational surname from Old English.
   • 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.
   • Bond grinned again as he thought of Damon's exasperation at having to dish out a lot of soft soap to Washington when he probably had plenty of other Anglo-American snarls to disentangle.1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 89

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