Washington

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• General-American: /ˈwɑʃɪŋtən/
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• General-American: /ˈwɔʃɪŋtən/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• /wɔɹʃɪŋtən/ US, r-insertion
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən/
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• CMU ARPABET: W AA1 SH IH0 NG T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: W AO1 SH IH0 NG T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Washington (the town in Tyne and Wear, northeast England): probably from the Old English place name Hwæssingatūn (literally “a settlement of the household of *Hwæssa”), from *Hwæssa (a Saxon chieftain's name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead, settlement”). It was attested in 1096 as Wasindone. *Hwæssa is of uncertain origin, said to possibly correspond to waþ (“hunt”) + sige (“victory”), or possibly related to hwæte (“wheat”). There are other theories; more on Wikipedia. The surname derives from the town, and most places in the United States are named for George Washington.

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Uashington — name
• Amharic: ዋሺንግተን (wašingətän) — name
• Arabic: وَاشِنْطُن (wāšinṭun) — name
• Arabic: واشنطن (wāšinṭun, wāšunṭun) — name
• Armenian: Վաշինգտոն (Vašington) — name
• Azerbaijani: Vaşinqton — name
• Belarusian: Вашынгто́н (Vašynhtón) — name
• Bengali: ওয়াশিংটন (ōẇaśiṅṭon) — name
• Bulgarian: Ва́шингтон (Vášington) — name
• Burmese: ဝါရှင်တန် (wahrangtan) — name
• Burmese: ဝါရှည်တုံ (wahranytum) — name
• Carpathian Rusyn: Вашінґто́н (Vašingtón) — name
• Chinese Cantonese: 華盛頓 /华盛顿 (waa4 sing6 deon6) — name
• Hakka Chinese: 華盛頓 /华盛顿 (Fà-sṳn-tún) — name
• Chinese: 華盛頓 /华盛顿 (Hôa-sēng-tùn) — name
• Chinese Mandarin: 華盛頓 /华盛顿 (Huáshèngdùn) — name
• Czech: Washington — name
• Danish: Washington — name
• Dhivehi: ވޮޝިންގޓަން (vošin̊gṭan̊) — name
• Dutch: Washington — name
• Esperanto: Vaŝingtono — name
• Estonian: Washington — name
• Finnish: Washington — name
• French: Washington — name
• Galician: Washington — name
• Georgian: ვაშინგტონი (vašingṭoni) — name
• German: Washington — name
• Greek: Ουάσιγκτον (Ouásigkton) — name
• Greek: Ουάσινγκτον (Ouásingkton) — name
• Gujarati: વૉશિંગ્ટન (vŏśiṅgṭan) — name
• Hawaiian: Wakinekona — name
• Hebrew: ושינגטון \ וָשִׁינְגְטוֹן (voshington) — name
• Hindi: वॉशिंगटन (vŏśiṅgṭan) — name
• Icelandic: Washington — name
• Japanese: ワシントン (Washinton) — name
• Kannada: ವಾಷಿಂಗ್ಟನ್ (vāṣiṅgṭan) — name
• Kazakh: Вашингтон (Vaşiñton) — name
• Khmer: វ៉ាស៊ីនតោន (vaasiintaon) — name
• Korean: 워싱턴 (Wosingteon) — name
• Korean: 워싱톤 (Wosington) — name
• Kyrgyz: Вашингтон (Vaşington) — name
• Lao: ວໍຊິງຕັນ (wǭ sing tan) — name
• Latvian: Vašingtona — name
• Lithuanian: Vašingtonas — name
• Macedonian: Вашингтон (Vašington) — name
• Malay: Washington — name
• Malayalam: വാഷിങ്ടൺ (vāṣiṅṭaṇ) — name
• Marathi: वॉशिंग्टन (vŏśiṅgṭan) — name
• Mongolian: Вашингтон (Vašington) — name
• Navajo: Ahééhałtį́į́h Hahoodzo — name
• Navajo: Wááshindoon — name
• Nepali: वासिङ्टन (vāsiṅṭan) — name
• Norwegian Bokmål: Washington — name
• Pashto: واشنگټن — name
• Iranian Persian: واشِنْگْتُن (vâšengton) — name
• Polish: Waszyngton — name
• Portuguese: Washington — name
• Punjabi: ਵਾਸ਼ਿੰਗਟਨ (vāśiṅgṭan) — name
• Russian: Ва́шингто́н (Vášingtón) — name
• Samogitian: Vašingtons — name
• Sanskrit: वाशिङ्ग्टन् (vāśiṅgṭan) — name
• Serbo-Croatian: Вашингтон — name
• Serbo-Croatian: Vašington — name
• Serbo-Croatian: Washington — name
• Silesian: Wašyngton — name
• Sinhalese: වොෂින්ටන් (woṣinṭan) — name
• Slovak: Washington — name
• Slovene: Washington — name
• Spanish: Washington — name
• Tagalog: Washington — name
• Tajik: Вашингтон (Vašington) — name
• Tamil: வாசிங்டன் (vāciṅṭaṉ) — name
• Tatar: Вашингтон (Waşington) — name
• Telugu: వాషింగ్టన్ (vāṣiṅgṭan) — name
• Thai: วอชิงตัน (wɔɔ-ching-dtan) — name
• Tibetan: ཧྭ་ཤིན་ཀྲོན (hwa shin kron) — name
• Tibetan: ཝ་ཤིང་ཊོན (wa shing ṭon) — name
• Turkish: Vaşington — name
• Turkmen: Waşington — name
• Ukrainian: Вашингто́н (Vašynhtón) — name
• Ukrainian: Вашинґто́н (Vašyngtón) — name
• Urdu: واشِن٘گْٹَن (vāśiṅgṭan) — name
• Uyghur: ۋاشىنگتون (washin'gton) — name
• Uzbek: Vashington — name
• Vietnamese: Washington — name
• Vietnamese: Hoa Thịnh Đốn — name
• Vietnamese: Oa-sinh-tơn — name
• Yiddish: וואַשינגטאָן (vashington) — name
• Antillean Creole: Wachinntonn — US state
• Arabic: وَاشِنْطُن (wāšinṭun) — US state
• Arabic: واشنتن (wāšintun) — US state
• Belarusian: Вашынгто́н (Vašynhtón) — US state
• Bulgarian: Ва́шингтон (Vášington) — US state
• Chinese Mandarin: 華盛頓州 /华盛顿州 (Huáshèngdùn zhōu) — US state
• Esperanto: Vaŝingtonio — US state
• Finnish: Washingtonin osavaltio — US state
• French: Washington — US state
• West-Frisian: Washington — US state
• Georgian: ვაშინგტონი (vašingṭoni) — US state
• Georgian: ვაშინგტონის შტატი (vašingṭonis šṭaṭi) — US state
• Haitian Creole: Wachintòn — US state
• Hindi: वॉशिंगटन (vŏśiṅgṭan) — US state
• Japanese: ワシントン州 (Washinton shū) — US state
• Japanese: ワシントン (Washinton) — US state
• Kazakh: Уашиңтон штаты (Uaşiñton ştaty) — US state
• Korean: 워싱턴 (Wosingteon) — US state
• Korean: 워싱톤 (Wosington) — US state
• Lao: ວໍຊິງຕັນ (wǭ sing tan) — US state
• Latin: Vasingtonia — US state
• Latin: Vasintonia — US state
• Māori: Wahingitana — US state
• Navajo: Ahééhałtį́į́h Hahoodzo — US state
• Iranian Persian: واشِنْگْتُن (vâšengton) — US state
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Woshingtun — US state
• Polish: Waszyngton — US state
• Russian: штат Вашингто́н (štat Vašingtón) — US state
• Russian: шт. Вашингто́н (št. Vašingtón) — US state
• Scots: Washington — US state
• Swedish: Washington — US state
• Thai: วอชิงตัน (wɔɔ-ching-dtan) — US state
• Turkish: Vaşington — US state
• Ukrainian: Вашингто́н (Vašynhtón) — US state
• Ukrainian: Вашинґто́н (Vašyngtón) — US state
• Uyghur: ۋاشىنگتون (washin'gton) — US state
• Uzbek: Вашингтон штати (Vashington shtati) — US state
• Uzbek: Vashington shtati — US state
• Walloon: Wachintone — US state