WA

United States of America
United States of America

(US) Abbreviation of Washington: a state of the United States of America.


Washington

en-proper noun

Washington (countable and uncountable, plural Washingtons)

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.

DC

The federal district and city are coterminous and the city government administers the district, so are jurisdictionally equivalent

Washington state
Washington state#English

Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest#English

Washington state (a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States; capital: Olympia; largest city: Seattle)


Seattle

Named after Chief Seattle, from Lushootseed siʔaɬ.

A seaport and the largest city in Washington, United States, and the county seat of King County.


Washingtonian

/wɒʃɪŋˈtəʊnɪ.ən/

Any real Washingtonian will be quick to tell you that "Washington state" is a university.

A native or resident of the state of Washington in the United States of America.


Emerald City

The Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau held a contest in 1981 to find a new nickname for Seattle. The winning entry, "Emerald City", came from Sarah Sterling-Franklin of Carmel, California, whose submission described the city as "the jewel of the Northwest, the Queen of the Evergreen State, the many-faced city of space, elegance, magic and beauty." "Emerald City" is also a reference to the fictional capital of the Land of Oz in the book series by L. Frank Baum.

The Emerald City, both famous and notorious for its clouds and rain, has been forced to institute a mandatory water conservation program for the first time "in memorable history."

1987 August 4, “Seattle curbs watering”, in Deseret News:

(informal) Seattle (a city in Washington, United States)


Quinault

A group of Native American peoples from western Washington in the United States.


Evergreen State

United States of America
United States of America#English

The official nickname for the state of Washington in the United States of America.


Seattleite

I go all the way down to First Avenue and turn left, leaving the shoppers and the Seattleites behind, and lo! here’s all humanity hep and weird wandering on the evening sidewalk amazing me outa my eyeballs[…]

1965, Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels, page 101:

It makes me happy that Seattleites rallied around their schools in such resounding fashion. I have one big theory as to why, and it’s a simple one: Seattle schools are actually pretty good.

2022 February 12, Danny Westneat, “The reason voters see past the terrible headlines with Seattle schools”, in The Seattle Times:


Wa.

(US) Abbreviation of Washington. (state of the United States)


Big Burn

(historical) The Great Fire of 1910, a wildfire in the Inland Northwest region of the United States that burned three million acres in North Idaho and Western Montana, with extensions into Eastern Washington and Southeast British Columbia, in the summer of 1910.


Inland Northwest

A region of the American Northwest centered on the Greater Spokane, Washington area, encompassing all of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, sometimes including Northeastern Oregon and Western Montana.