Washington (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Origins 2 Geographic places 2.1 United States 2.1.1 Cities 2.1.2 Lakes 2.1.3 Islands 2.2 Outside the United States 3 Colleges 4 High schools 5 People 5.1 Family name 5.2 Given name 6 Creative works 7 Military 8 Bridges 9 Transit 10 See also

Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest.

Washington may also refer to:

[edit] Origins

• Washington, Tyne and Wear in England, United Kingdom, the original place with the name 'Washington', home to ancestors of US President George Washington

[edit] Geographic places

[edit] United States

• Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
  • The Federal government of the United States, referred to in short as "Washington", especially in foreign relations
• Washington County, 31 counties of this name
• Washington Township, numerous townships of this name
• Mount Washington, several places, including mountains of this name

[edit] Cities

Washington, Arkansas Washington, California Washington, Connecticut Washington, Georgia Washington, Illinois Washington, Indiana Washington, Iowa Washington, Kansas Washington, Louisiana Washington, Maine Washington, Massachusetts Washington, Michigan Washington, Mississippi

Washington, Missouri Washington, Nebraska Washington, New Hampshire Washington, New Jersey Washington, North Carolina Washington, Oklahoma Washington, Pennsylvania Washington, Utah Washington, Vermont Washington, Virginia Washington, West Virginia Washington, Wisconsin

Washington Boro, Pennsylvania Washington Court House, Ohio Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania Washington Grove, Maryland Washington Mills, New York Washington Park, Illinois Washington Park, New Jersey Washington Terrace, Utah Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas Washingtonville, New York Washingtonville, Ohio

[edit] Lakes

• Lake Washington in Washington state

[edit] Islands

• Washington Island (disambiguation)
• Washington Island (Wisconsin) in Lake Michigan

[edit] Outside the United States

• Washington, Argentina
• Washington, Aruba
• Washington, Bolivia
• Washington, Ontario, Canada
• Washington, Colombia
• Washington, Cuba
• Washington, Dominican Republic
• Washington, Guyana
• Washington, Ireland
• Washington, Nicaragua
• New Washington, Aklan in the Philippines
• several Barangays in the Philippines, including ones in:
  • San Jacinto, Masbate
  • Escalante City
  • Catarman, Northern Samar
  • Surigao City
  • Legazpi City
• Washington, South Africa
• Washington, West Sussex in England
• Washington, Tyne and Wear in England
• Washington Gardens, Jamaica
• Washington Luiz, Paraná in Brazil
• Washington Island, an alternate name for Teraina, an atoll of Kiribati

[edit] Colleges

• George Washington University, in Washington, D.C.
• Trinity Washington University, in Washington, D.C.
• University of Mary Washington, in Fredericksburg, Virginia
• University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington
• Washington College, in Chestertown, Maryland
• Washington & Jefferson College, in Washington, Pennsylvania
• Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, Virginia
• Washington State University, in Pullman, Washington
• Washington University, in St. Louis, Missouri

[edit] High schools

In various locations in the United States:

• Washington High School
• Washington County High School
• Booker T. Washington High School
• George Washington High School

[edit] People

It could be used either as last or first name

• Washington (name), the usage as a name in general

[edit] Family name

• George Washington, a U.S. general and first president
  • George Washington (disambiguation), any of his many homonyms
• Booker T. Washington, a civil rights leader, educator and author
• Craig A. Washington (1941) - an attorney and former United States Congressman from Texas
• Denzel Washington, an actor
• Dinah Washington, a singer
• Grover Washington, Jr., a jazz saxophonist
• Harold Washington, former mayor of Chicago
• Ford "Buck" Lee Washington, jazz pianist
• Isaiah Washington, actor
• Joe Washington, a former American football player
• John David Washington, son of Denzel Washington and professional American football player
• Lawrence Washington (1602-1655), the great-great-grandfather of George Washington
• Lawrence Washington (1659-1698), the grandfather of George Washington
• Lawrence Washington (1718-1752), George Washington's half-brother and mentor
• Martha Washington, the wife of George Washington and the first person to serve as First Lady of the United States
• MaliVai Washington (1969) - professional tennis player
• Mashona Washington (1976) - professional tennis player
• Ned Washington (1901-1976), Oscar-winning American lyric writer
• Ron Washington, baseball manager

[edit] Given name

• George Washington Bush (1779-1863), War of 1812 soldier, pioneer in Oregon and Washington
• George Washington Carver, a botanist
• Washington Irving, an author
• Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, a Brazilian president who ruled from 1926 to 1930
• Washington César Santos (born 1960), a Brazilian football striker
• Washington Stecanelo Cerqueira (born 1975), another Brazilian football striker

[edit] Creative works

• Washington Monument, a structure in Washington, DC, honoring George Washington
• Washington, D.C. (novel), a novel by Gore Vidal
• Wasington [sic], a Lars von Trier film
• The Washington Post newspaper printed out of Washington D.C.
• Washington Journal a Daily C-SPAN progam

[edit] Military

• USS Washington, ten ships of the United States Navy
• Boeing Washington, the name for Boeing B-29 and B-50 Superfortress bombers in Royal Air Force service

[edit] Bridges

• Washington Bridge, New York City
• Washington Bridge (Providence), Rhode Island
• Washington Avenue Bridge (Minneapolis)

[edit] Transit

• Washington (CTA), several stations on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system:
  • Washington/State (CTA)
  • Washington/Dearborn (CTA)
  • Washington/Wells (CTA)

[edit] See also

• WA (disambiguation)
• Washington Avenue (Minneapolis)
• Washington Avenue Loft District, St. Louis
• Washington Boulevard
• Washington Street

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