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Washington Heights

Washington Heights proper noun: a community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Proper noun

Washington Heights

  1. A community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
  2. A census-designated place in Orange County, New York, United States.
  3. A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States.
    • She uses broccoli rabe instead of aka takana (spicy mustard greens), shops in the Caribbean markets of her Washington Heights neighborhood for batatas rather than Japanese satsumaimo (yellow sweet potatoes), and has learned to love the local mofongo, the Dominican version of mashed plantains with...2007 December 26, Julia Moskin, “A Celebration of the New Year Ushers in a Bit of Japan”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...
  4. A neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
  5. A neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, United States.
  6. A neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

Questions about Washington Heights

What does Washington Heights mean?
Washington Heights means a community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
What part of speech is Washington Heights?
Washington Heights is a proper noun.

Words near Washington Heights in the dictionary

  1. Washington D.C.
  2. Washington DC
  3. Washington Depot
  4. Washington hawthorn
  5. Washington hawthorns
  6. Washington Heights
  7. Washington Island
  8. Washington lily
  9. Washington Mean Time
  10. Washington Meridian Time
  11. Washington Parish

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