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nouna state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
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nounUnited States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)
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nounthe federal government of the United States
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noun1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
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nounthe capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791part of:
Definition that contains washington
- french United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)
- washington the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
- ross American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
- stuart United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)
- lin United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
- seattle a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Rainier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington
- dc the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia
- adams a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high)
- columbia a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring
- mills United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)