(wosh′ing·tən, wô′shing-)
1. A State in NW United States, adjoining Canada; 68,192 square miles; capital, Olympia; entered the Union Nov. 11, 1889; nickname, Evergreen State: abbr. Wash.
2. A city coextensive with the District of Columbia and capital of the United States.
—Wash′ing·to′·ni·an (-tō′nē·ən) adjective & noun

(wosh′ing·tən, wô′shing-), Booker Taliaferro,
1856–1915, U. S. Negro educator.
—George,
1732–99, American patriot, soldier, and statesman; first president of the United States 1789–97.
—Martha,
1731–1802, née Dandridge (Mrs. Daniel Parke Custis 1749–57), wife of George Washington.