What is "washington"

U.S. capital, founded 1791, named for President George Washington (1732-1799); the family name is from a town in northeastern England, from Old English, literally "estate of a man named Wassa." The U.S. state was named when it was formed as a territory in 1853 (admitted to the union 1889). Related: Washingtonian.

Washington commonly refers to:

• George Washington (1732–1799), first president of the United States
• Washington (state), United States
• Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
• Washington (name), including a list of people with the given name or surname Washington

Washington may also refer to:

• The Washington metropolitan area
• A metonym for the Federal government of the United States

The Washington tree is a giant sequoia in the Giant Forest Grove in Tulare County, California, within Sequoia National Park. It is named after George Washington, first President of the United States. Until it partially collapsed in January of 2005, the Washington tree was the second largest tree in the world (after the General Sherman tree).

Washington Stecanela Cerqueira, or simply Washington (born April 1, 1975 in Brasília), is a retired association footballer who played striker.

Washington is a male given name and a surname. It most frequently refers to George Washington (1732–1799), the first President of the United States of America.

Several MBTA stations and associated lines use variations on the name Washington:

• The Washington Street Tunnel (Boston), built in 1908, carries the Orange Line metro line with four stations directly under Washington Street
  • Downtown Crossing (MBTA station) was known as Washington from 1967 to 1987; the lower level was named Washington (sometimes Washington Street) from its 1915 opening
• The Washington Street Elevated carried the southern section of the Orange Line from 1901 to 1987, with six stations
• Silver Line (MBTA)#Washington Street: SL4 and SL5, two routes of the Silver Line bus rapid transit system, opened in 2002
• Washington Street (MBTA Green Line "B" Branch station) on the Green Line "B" Branch in Allston
• Washington Square (MBTA station) on the Green Line "C" Branch in Brookline
• Washington Street (MBTA Green Line "D" Branch station), under construction on the Green Line "D" Branch in Somerville as part of the Green Line Extension

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Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located north of Oregon, west of Idaho, and south of the Canadian province of British Columbia on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Named after George Washington, the first President of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State or the State of Washington to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the capital of the U.S., which is often shortened to Washington.

Washington is the 18th largest with an area of 71,362 square miles (184,827 sq km), and the 13th most populous state with over 7 million people. Approximately 60 percent of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of transportation, business, and industry along the Puget Sound region of the Salish Sea, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean consisting of numerous islands, deep fjords, and bays carved out by glaciers. The remainder of the state consists of deep temperate rainforests in the west, mountain ranges in the west, central, northeast and far southeast, and a semi-arid basin region in the east, central, and south, given over to intensive agriculture. Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States, after California. Mount Rainier is the state's highest elevation at almost 14,411 feet (4,392 m).

Washington is a leading lumber producer. Its rugged surface is rich in stands of Douglas fir, hemlock, ponderosa pine, white pine, spruce, larch, and cedar. The state is the biggest producer of apples, hops, pears, red raspberries, spearmint oil, and sweet cherries, and ranks high in the production of apricots, asparagus, dry edible peas, grapes, lentils, peppermint oil, and potatoes. Livestock and livestock products make important contributions to total farm revenue, and the commercial fishing of salmon, halibut, and bottomfish makes a significant contribution to the state's economy.

Manufacturing industries in Washington include aircraft and missiles, shipbuilding and other transportation equipment, lumber, food processing, metals and metal products, chemicals, and machinery. Washington has over 1,000 dams, including the Grand Coulee Dam, built for a variety of purposes including irrigation, power, flood control, and water storage.