washington

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noun 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
noun a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
noun the federal government of the United States

Washington marches to New York. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
George Washington never told a lie." — The Store Boy, Horatio, Jr. Alger
"Inquire your way to Washington Street." — Only an Irish Boy; Or, Andy Burke's Fortunes, Horatio, Jr. Alger

Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States

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