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Noun washington has 5 senses
  1. Washington, Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States - 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
    --1 is a kind of national capital
    --1 is a part of District of Columbia, D.C., DC
    --1 has parts:
     Capitol, Capitol Building; Lincoln Memorial; Washington Monument; White House; Capitol Hill, the Hill; Georgetown
     --1 has particulars: Potomac, Foggy Bottom
  2. Washington, Evergreen State, WA - a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
    --2 is a kind of American state
    --2 is a part of
     United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
     --2 has parts:
     Mount Ranier National Park; North Cascades National Park; Olympic National Park; Cape Flattery; Aberdeen; Bellingham; Kennewick; Olympia, capital of Washington; Seattle; Spokane; Tacoma; Vancouver; Walla Walla; Yakima; Mount Saint Helens, Mount St. Helens, Mt. St. Helens; Adams, Mount Adams; Lake Chelan; Columbia, Columbia River; Puget Sound; Ranier, Mount Ranier, Mt. Ranier, Mount Tacoma; Snake, Snake River
  3. Capitol, Washington - the federal government of the United States
    --3 is a kind of federal government
  4. Washington, George Washington, President Washington - 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
    --4 is a kind of general, full general; President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive
  5. Washington, Booker T. Washington, Booker Taliaferro Washington - United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)
    --5 is a kind of educator, pedagogue
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