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

Washington may also refer to:

Contents 1 Places in the United States 1.1 Cities 1.2 Colleges 1.3 Islands 2 Places outside the United States 3 People 4 Creative works 5 Vessels 6 Transit 7 See also

[edit] Places in the United States

• Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States; "Washington" is used as political shorthand for the Federal government of the United States, 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] Colleges

• University of Washington
• Washington University
• Washington State University
• George Washington University
• Washington College
• Washington and Lee University
• Washington & Jefferson College

[edit] Islands

• Washington Island (Wisconsin) in Lake Michigan

[edit] Places 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, Tyne and Wear in England
• Washington, West Sussex in England
• Washington Gardens, Jamaica
• Washington Luiz, Paraná in Brazil
• Washington Island, an alternate name for Teraina, an atoll of Kiribati

[edit] People

As a family name:

• George Washington, a U.S. general and first president
• Booker T. Washington, an educator and author
• Denzel Washington, an actor
• Dinah Washington, a singer
• George Washington Carver, a botanist
• 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
• Ron Washington, baseball manager

As a given name:

• 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, D.C. (novel), a novel by Gore Vidal
• Wasington [sic], a Lars von Trier film
• The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
• Washington Monuments (world), other Washington monuments

[edit] Vessels

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

[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)

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