English > WA: 1 sense > noun 1, locationMeaning | A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific. |
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Synonyms | Washington, Evergreen State, Wash. |
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Instance of | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
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Part of | United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
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Parts | Aberdeen | A town in western Washington |
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Adams, Mount Adams | A mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high) |
Bellingham | A town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border |
Cape Flattery | A cape of northwestern Washington |
Columbia, Columbia River | A North American river |
Inland Passage, Inside Passage | A naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska |
Kennewick | A town in southern Washington on the Columbia River |
Lake Chelan | A narrow very deep lake in central Washington in the Cascade Range |
Mount Rainier National Park | A national park in Washington having mountain terrain featuring glaciers and alpine lakes and streams and swamps |
Mount Saint Helens, Mount St. Helens, Mt. St. Helens | An active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington |
North Cascades National Park | A national park in Washington that is an alpine wilderness area featuring gold rush and logging campsites |
Olympia, capital of Washington | Capital of the state of Washington |
Olympic National Park | A national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens |
Pacific Northwest | A region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia |
Puget Sound | An inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State |
Rainier, Mount Rainier, Mt. Rainier, Mount Tacoma | A mountain peak in central Washington |
Seattle | A major port of entry and the largest city in Washington |
Snake, Snake River | A tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward |
Spokane | A city in eastern Washington near the Idaho border |
Tacoma | A city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound to the south of Seattle |
Vancouver | A town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon |
Walla Walla | A town in southeastern Washington near the Oregon border |
Yakima | A town in south central Washington |
scablands | (geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington) |
Spanish | Washington |
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Catalan | Washington |
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