washington

Other forms of washington

plural

washingtons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about washington

What does washington mean?

washington means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in washington?

washington has 3 syllables: wa-shing-ton. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /ˈwɑʃɪŋtən/.

What is another word for washington?

Close synonyms include Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States, Evergreen State, WA. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is washington a common word?

washington is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.